No SLEEP!!

Are you watching her sugar and caffine? She may be susciptable(sp?) to the effects and that could be keeping her up. A little goes along way in small children, so the smallest bit of caffine in the evening may be keeping her up.

Also, try and find out what HER schedule is and adjust her bedtime from those cues. Let her go through a day or 2 and try to take some cues from her. When does she normally get tired on her own? Does she lay herself down for a nap? When she takes a nap, how long is she sleeping? If she can go through a day without a nap and not melt down in the early evening, she may no longer need a nap.

I have a four year old who wakes several times a night! I have to lay down with him most nights to get him to sleep and then I go to my own bed. He's waking at least two if not more times and calls for me to lay with him. If I sleep with him all night, I never hear anything out of him. I assume he's waking and sees me there and goes back to sleep.
Is your two-year old afraid she's gonna miss something? IS there something she wants when she wakes up? I know it's hard to break those habits, but that's what we are trying to do with my four year old. We are trying to get him to sleep by himself....all the time.

We had the same problem with our son. We now give him Melatonin, which is an over-the-counter natural supplement. Basically it regulates the natural melatonin in their system which is responsible for our sleep patterns. You should ask your doctor or pediatrician about it first but mine was okay with it and I know several parents who give it to their children. We use a 3 mg dose and crush it up and just put it in his milk around 7 pm every night. It is just something I picked up at Walgreens. I think it was about $12.00 for 240 tablets. Hope that helps.

Well, is something waking her up? If not, is she waking because she's thirsty? Or maybe she's having bad dreams. Are you waking up through the night to feed the three month old? Maybe she feels like she needs to wake up through the night to either stay in line with you or to help with the baby. Is she particularly fond of the baby? These are some things to think about. Good luck.

sorry this response is late... it sounds to me like your daughter needs sleep training. at 2 yrs old she should still be napping and bedtime should be btw 7 and 8:30. sometimes kids who are overtired can't shut themselves off at nite, so maybe that's the case for her? i'm sure it's hard to focus on getting her sleeping when you've also got an infant to attend to, but i would put her down for a nap every day and at least keep her in her room for quiet time if nothing else. then, put her to bed btw 7 and 8:30pm. if she gets out of her room, put her back in, no talking, no emotion. you could do some sort of reward chart and she can get stickers if she doesn't get out of bed at nite. unfortunately, my advice may seem far fetched, but, honestly, if you can really put it to work, she will sleep. look up "healthy sleep, happy baby" by weissbluth for more specifics and info.

I would go back to giving her a nap. She's too young to not be napping. Plus, the better the napper the better the sleeper.

A.,
I got the same problem but i know when i put the bed, well toddler bed in my room. IT helps out alot. I know my girl wakes up some times b/c she is wanting something to eat but that is not always the case or she wants something to drink but i really don't even know why my child does this. If you find anything that else helps tell me also.