I might say "Maybe we can get a night nurse that week to help with the sleeping issue." I actually don't think that's entirely unreasonable *in our context* - not in anyone else's reality, but ours -
With both of you up to your ears in debt it IS entirely unreasonable - it is a luxury you cannot afford.
And I was suggesting it is your REASSURANCES of her that make her think there is something to be scared of when she wakes up. Rather than, when she does wake up, you treating it like an ordinary kid waking and not an emotional crisis that needs some kind of explaining.
And yes, my ex traveled when I had an infant AND a toddler, as well as a four year old, and any one or all three could wake up on a given night. I'm not saying it's easy. but you put them back in their bed, say good night, and be firm. Even if you have to do it fifty times like one poster said, it is NOT going to take three weeks! Probably one bad night and you would be done. Try it.
