My oldest daughter is 2. She is scared of everything. If I try to get her to try to sleep in her own room I can’t. She will cry and scream until you lay down in her room. If you try to leave her room in the middle of the night even to pee she freaks out. I’m overly exhausted and need advice. I have tried melatonin and even with that she still will wake up the middle of the night if I try to leave her room. Please help. I’m out of options.
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Melatonin actually isn’t suggested for Littles. Everytime we have given it to ours, who is 4 now, it makes his night terrors worse. Also, extreme tiredness will cause more night terrors. I try to make sure mine get naps, multiple shorts ones if necessary.
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You might have a few sleepless nights but it’s time to sleep train. It is going to be tougher on you Mama but it is effecting your health now. The best way is to place her in her room and even though she is crying, leave. Come back in every five minutes while she is crying and rub her back and tell her she is safe and that it is time to sleep. Do NOT pick her up! Like I said this can take a few nights (sleepless mostly on your part) but you will soon find she does drift off and you might only need to go in every hour, then every three hours, four hours then tada she is sleeping through the night! The hardest thing is not picking her up when you go in but resist it. She needs to learn to self sooth.
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Sounds silly, but maybe try cleansing your home of negative energies. I feel a certain way if I haven’t saged my home in a long time. I concentrate in my children’s rooms since they’re very susceptible to spirits and energies. I firmly believe children can see what we cannot and have stories of my little girl not able to sleep, due to the “man with scary eyes”. Yes children have wild imaginations, but trust them when they tell you what they’re scared of.
My husband would check the closet and under her bed for a few weeks because our daughter was saying there’s monsters in her room. My husband would make a big deal opening the closet and saying boo in the closet and it made her giggle. Now I read with her or she tries to reads to me (she is4) and we both will sing and I’ll give her a small amount of hot chocolate 
. Sometimes she tell me there’s a monster somewhere in the house and she takes me to where she says it’s at and I make a big deal about it like my husband did and I tell my daughter it’s okay to be sacred and when something scares you you scare it back:smiling_face: and I have her say boo at the end
It works lol
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My son slept with me until he was twelve. I had a king sized bed & he had his half. My divorce, relocation, death of his grandma’s tragedy were determining factors. Then one day he said I hope you will be okay mom. I am sleeping in my own bed from now on…
First question is - is this something she is just now demonstrating or are you trying this sleeping arrangement for the first time. If she just started - there’s a reason why - find out. If it’s your first time - well Momma it’s going to be tough on you too. But if she’s clean, safe, and has no reason to cry - just let her. If she makes you jump at 2 what’s she gonna do to you at 10 -12- years old. Remember who’s the adult. I’m not by any means telling you to neglect her cries -( she’s your baby I know you won’t) but it’s all about teaching boundaries and your ways. 
When transitioning my boys into their own rooms we put a tv in a tv in their room so they could watch their favourite shows to fall sleep. But they also co slept with us until about 3-4 years old 
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Have you talked to drs about it? Might be night terrors or something similar 
good luck momma
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My son went through this from about 2 to 4 years old. The silliest things scared him and we ended up putting toys that terrified him in the closet under the staircase and we started calling at the monster closet because everything in their absolutely terrified him 
It sounds like she is afraid of the dark.
Melatonin is for getting to sleep. Not staying asleep
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Might sound weird but maybe try a white noise machine and a weighted blanket, not a heavy one though, the lighter one. Might help her feel more secure
Ask her why she is scared, get some night lights, or a light that projects images on the ceiling.
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Let her cry …she’ll get used to it
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It’s exhausting but you have to keep trying. Keep putting her in her room, in her bed. Do you have a noise machine or a nightlight? There’s nightlights that make projections on the ceiling, maybe that could help?
My step daughter was coslept with and it took FOREVER to break her of it.
Because of these reasons, I never coslept with my babies. I don’t judge any mom who does, I totally understand it! Especially when breastfeeding, you do what you gotta do.
Do you have a nap time for her? If you have a nap time or a “quiet time” try to get her to lay in her bed.
It’s her big girl bed! Let’s get happy, little one! A nice bed just for you to roll around and not kick mommy or daddy 
Best of luck, momma.
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Melatonin makes kids have nightmares be careful with it
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It’s a stage, she will grow out of it. Co-sleep with her for a while.
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Prayers for her Amene. Done 
Amene