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@MrsSRS: Thank you so much for telling me you did this for a week. I think I will do it for a week also in hopes for a reset. I really appreciate your response. I know my girl understands a bit. For a while, I could just rock her, she'd finish her bottle, I'd lay her down and say "mommy going to get more baba for you" and she'd say "ahhhhh, okay" every single night for maybe two months. It was amazing. So, maybe we are in a little sleep regression and I hope this melatonin trick works.

@Mama Bird: You are an amazing trooper. I did something in January 2018 when my older girl hit a regression. it was rough but I was determined to not let her into our bed. My little girl is having all kind of teething problems, plus also sick, so I'm thinking that has something to do with whats going on. But she's also never been a good sleeper. Thank you for your supportive comment. I really am going a bit crazy at night over these sleep problems and I don't like being the mom and wife that I currently am being between the hours of 10 pm and 4 am.

@Mama Bird: Thank you for your response. Whack-a-mole made me smile, so I will think about that every night now and hope it makes me laugh while I'm feeling a little crazy. My little girl is still sick. Both went to the doctors again yesterday and both have ear infections. Little one got blood work done this morning. Two nights ago was a good night. I dangled myself over her crib and had to do some crazy song and dance, but it worked. Worked last night at 2 am, but not this morning at 544 am. Yikes. I'm tired but I am praying this all passes quickly. Poor third baby will never be here because second baby still can't sleep through the night.

@MrsSRS: That sounds like the dream put down! Can you please tell me about the "meditation story" you mentioned?

@Mrs. Turtle: Nope, never late to the party! Thank you for chiming in. Sleep troubles still going on at my house with DD2. Lots of snuggles at bedtime is a-okay at my house. I love that time. But then go the heck to sleep please and sleep all night! That's what I'm going for. 80% of the time is perfect. I'm still battling with some sleep problems and its tough but I hope getting better. I have really taken the outside play suggestions to heart and am trying for twice a day. I'm in SoCal for crying out loud. There's not reason to not take them outside when its 63 degrees which I think is freezing. We've already accumulated some mud stained clothes to keep on hand for daily outside play. My dd2 is just the kind of girl that is so active and she needs it. So this has been a really helpful suggestion. DD1 is my buttercup princess who can lounge inside and sleep all day and night if I let her. DD2 is cheeky kiki who needs activity galore.

@MrsSRS: Thanks for letting me know about it. Still crap sleep going on at my house. Can late PPD start because of crappy toddler sleep? Just asking for a friend.... just kidding. But man am I tired.

@MrsSRS: Thank you for letting me know. Did you really experience that? What did you do about it? I'm feeling a little sad during the day, and pretty ragey come 4 am after crap sleep. My little crappy sleeper is so cute and she's pretty awesome athletically. But she's a terrible sleeper and me and my husband both love to sleep and DH is a high needs sleeper with a dangerous job that he can't be tired at. By bigger girl is an awesome sleeper. My husband puts her to sleep and I feel like my bigger girl has become a daddy's girl. So I'm sad about that because i am always needing to be with my awesome little girl. I think this latest bout of sleep troubles has been about 3 weeks, together with sickness that made us home bound. So, all of that together and I'm a little sad. But so much greatness is still going on. So I will try to just stifle these feelings.

@MrsSRS: Thanks for all of the encouragement. I know this will all change soon enough - for better or worse - and then change again. Yes, to melatonin. I am still giving it to my girl, but it doesn't seem to help her at all!! Do you think I should take it myself? I am leery because I need to be able to wake up for all of these crying episodes.

@MrsSRS: I do not struggle to fall asleep at all, because i'm exhausted - unless my kids are in the bed. I pretty much cannot sleep with a child in my bed. And yes, I'm giving DD2 a whole child's dose. She a smidge under the weight limit. Or else I would give her two!

Update: Sleep still sucks. I see some encouragement. But, I broke down and bought a gliding ottoman to help me with long hours in her room. Ugh. I hope it gets to my house asap.

@MrsSRS: Thank you for checking it! Her sleep still sucks, but I am seeing signs of improvement. Let me know your thoughts, if you will:

- one night of sleeping from 11pm to 6 am, woke happy and sat quietly in her crib until 630. (she goes to bed at 730 or 8, so that night included one easy wake up)

- she's letting me rock her and put her down to sleep easy at night; and her naps are equally easy.

- she still wakes up during the night, one or two times, often with a 5 am wake up.

- she'll usually do one easy wake up (I give small bottle, rock for like 20-30 minutes and put back down) and then she will wake up at 5 am, yikes. So I now let her sit and fuss in her crib until 6 am or 630 am depending on when she woke up. I'm feeling okay about this because no way I can wake up at 5 am. I just turn on alexa white noise thunderstorms on volume 8 in my room.

- she slept all the way until 230 am today. I went and rocked her with a small bottle, but she would not let me put her into her crib. I tried 3 times over 45 minutes. So, I put her in her crib and let her cry. I felt so bad. Turned on my thunderstorm noise as I went back to my own bed. She actually put herself back to sleep after an hour (didn't cry the entire time) and she slept until 7 am. So, that was a win for me.

I think I will try next to phase out the bottles I'm giving her during wake ups. I'm already giving less amount and more water.

I will also let her cry if she won't let me put her down.

Does this all sound right? Reasonable? Anyone have any other tips?

Thank you for helping! She's almost 2 and I clearly babied her so now her sleep still sucks. I want it better for the benefit of everyone in the house, herself included!

@MrsSRS: Thanks for the encouragement! She's doing so good. Three nights ago, it was 2.5 hours (mostly fussing on and off) starting at 1:30 am. Two nights ago, it was like 40 minutes off and on; and then last night it was 5 minutes. So, I'm really hoping we are fast on our way to sleeping through the night and can't even believe this is an almost 2 year old that I'm talking about. So I'm praying there is still hope for a family of solid sleepers!