hi, my partner and i are both in the navy and our job has required us to shift work since our daughter was born she is now almost 2years old and sleeps in our bed. She has been in our bed since she was 6 months old as she wasn`t in daycare when i first returned to work so i found she would sleep longer during the day if she slept with me which is what i needed after a 12 hour night watch. However now her father is deploying to Afganistan and i am still shift working so she is going to either her nana`s house or her aunty comes to our house when i work nights but their husbands are not to keen about having to sleep alone while they sleep with my daughter. Also i think she may have night terrors during the night she growns and cries in her sleep and searches to make sure someone is still there. It is extremley hard as a mother to have to watch keep while her father is away however this is what my job requires but how can i make the nights when she is getting looked after by family a little easier for all of them and how do i get her into her own bed without feeling like i`m causing her more stress?
I eagerly await your reply