I know you shouldn't put our little darlings into bed with us but if it's going to give us a better night sleep is it really SO BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxx

Thanks both of you that's really helpful. I will try it - and just pray she goes back to sleep after waking her!!

I agree with Anna about waking her shorly before she normally wakes, if I were you I would put her on the loo aswell, as some children wake when they need a wee, especially now she is dry in the day. Louise x

HI Leonie - is it night terrors? that is, waking screaming and upset and needing a cuddle to get back to sleep? if so, I have been told that the thing to do is to partly wake the child shortly before the time they usually start the terrors, just give them a nudge, tell them you've some to check if they are okay, give a stroke or cuddle and let them go back to sleep. apparently this disrupts the cycle of night terrors. I admit it does sound abit crazy and i haven't tried it myself (the occasion hasn't arisen). Let me know how you get on if you try it!