Toddlers Fight Bedtime Until 10pm and Wake in the Night

“Toddler won't fall asleep by himself Hi all, I have a 21 month old toddler that seeks comfort in me (dad) multiple times every night. For some context, he slept with us in the room (in his own bed) until last may (17 months old) when we moved him to his own room cause our second child was due in the beginning of august. The transition to his own room went very smooth and he never slept in our room again, so we were very thankful for that. However, what started happening like approx. Two time”

“Our child does not fall asleep easily, in fact we left her to try and sleep and it resulted in her crying so much she vomited. Do you let your child go to sleep without parents around or not. Are we doing it wrong? submitted by /u/HullCity7 [link] [comments]”

“My three and a half year old is still consistently waking up throughout the night. She sleeps in her own little toddler bed. The biggest problem is that she still has this severe attachment to me (mom). If she wakes up and im not there, she is up from her bed and crying until I come in and soothe her back tonsleep. If I end up sleeping on the floor next to her bed, we are good and shes good for the night, but its like she has this magic sense when I actually get up to sleep in my own bed. Im exh”

“I’m struggling with getting my 2 year old to fall asleep independently. One parent has to be with him to fall asleep. Bedtime can take over an hour these days. If he wakes up in the middle of the night he usually just resettles himself (uses a pacifier only at night - getting rid of it is on the to do list) and in the morning calls for us when he’s ready to start the day. For context I have a very stubborn, cautious, routine loving child. How can I transition him to fall asleep independently wit”

“My 22mo who has slept in her crib for the last year started going through a really bad sleep regression. We started letting her sleep in our bed as that was the only place she would stay asleep. We also had to convert to a toddler bed from crib because she was crawling out. Recently she has been waking up every night from 2 to 5 am. FULLY awake, even when letting her sleep in our bed. Shes running around the room playing, opening the door and going into her room to get books, etc. Once she burns”

“Hello! My 2 year old currently sleeps in his own room, BUT requires that one of us are in there with him on the bed and then we sneak out. In the middle of the night he opens the door and runs to our room and cries until we sleep on his bed with him. Any advice on how to get him to be sleeping more independently? submitted by /u/Past_Wealth69 [link] [comments]”

“I’m looking to get other people’s opinions on this that have been in the same situation. We are expecting our second baby, and also have a toddler, who will be barely two when our second baby is born. Right now, we all sleep on the main floor, toddler right down the hall from us. When the new baby comes up, for a while he’ll be in our room of course, but our room is fairly small and is CROWDED with a crib in it. Like, I can barely fit between the bed and the crib. We have a very large guest bedr”

“I truly don't know what to do anymore, and I feel trapped in a hopeless situation. My son is 13 months old. He has NEVER been a good sleeper. I followed our pediatrician's guidelines for sleep training at 9 weeks old (low stimulation activity an hour before bedtime, putting him down when he was drowsy and not fully asleep, CIO for 2 minute then 5 minute intervals without intervention so he self soothed, etc.), and it actually worked and he slept 12 hrs uninterrupted until he hit the 4 mo”

“It currently takes an hour for our toddler to fall asleep at bedtime. We have a good routine of dinner, playtime, bath, milk, story, brush teeth, and lights out at 7.30pm. But once she's in her cot it's usually an hour or longer until she goes to sleep. I wouldn't mind if she was happy to just wriggle and play on her own. The problem is I have to be in there with her or she screams the house down if I try to leave. This usually means I spend an hour trying to settle her down and she”

“I have a 2.5 yr old & a 5 months old We’ve been dealing with sleep issues with the oldest since he turned two. I cannot even list every issue we’ve had and every thing we’ve tried, there is so much. Our current situation is him only sleeping 10 hours overnight (this is one is drastic changes that occurred 6 months ago, use to sleep 12-13!) he still naps 1.5-2 hours during the day but of course in the last week he’s being super difficult to get down… we tried no nap a few days and it’s clear”

“My son turned two just over a month ago. Since he was about 9 months old my husband and I have alternated nights in putting him to sleep and who responds if he wakes over night. It was hard for my husband at first as our son was really upset when it was dad's night but eventually they worked out their own routine and he was actually going to bed easier for dad then me! Unfortunately for the last couple weeks we have had a major regression and he just screams the entire time my husband puts h”

“After struggling three and a half years, I can finally say with confidence that my daughter sleeps through the night. For years we struggled with our daughters sleep. She would never sleep a full night for 3,5 years. We tried everything, night light, sleep in our room, 1 parent in kids room, and even seeking psychological help. All helped a little but overall there was no progress. We were exhausted. I lacked focus on work. We argued a lot and did not have the energy to do fun stuff together or”

“maybe I’m being dramatic adding the “URGENT” but I truly am desperate. My 2.5 year old is killing me. he was never a good sleeper and I have done pretty much everything. Our latest battle is bed time - previously everything was an overnight battle. Lucky for me, now it’s both! He will not go to sleep unless I’m sitting on his bed and he takes FOREVER to fall asleep. I’ve shortened his nap, had him skip his nap, adjusted his schedule, we do minimal TV, he eats well and I basically spend my entire”

“I have two small children who are currently not sleeping well at all. Despite a reasonable bedtime of 7pm it can take until nearly 9pm for both of them to fall asleep. They are consistently waking at 5am daily and not able to fall back asleep. I am irritable, snappy, and feeling pretty burned out at this point. I feel beyond irritable when they don’t fall asleep and I am shamefully venting this frustration at them. I feel my negative atmosphere perpetuates the chaos sometimes but I just need the”

“Ive got a 2.5 year old son who up until this week has slept fine through the night for several months. Now all of the sudden every nap and bedtime is an HOURS long crying and screaming fest and I'm about to lose my mind. He sleeps in a twin size bed with a frame at ground level, fully out of the crib and hes been in there happily for the past 6 months. There have been no major lifestyle changes, no apparent health issues, etc. We've maintained the same bedtime routine. Starting at about”

“Hi all, my 2 year old (2 and 2 months) has recently (in last 2 weeks), not falling asleep until 10pm! Before then he’s been pretty consistently asleep at about 8/8.30. Part of my is thinking is it time to drop the day time nap? He usually has an hour and a half, around 12.30 / 1 but sometimes it can be later. A couple of days I have tried to keep him awake but he is so tired, he gets really whingy and will be asleep within a few of me laying him down. Anyone been through similar and what did you”

“He’s more like 2 years and 8 months, but his night sleep has gone to crap. I don’t know what to do, we put him down around 7pm. He hasn’t napped consistently for about 4 months now, as he fought for hours at bedtime if he napped and dropping it worked. Now, he will fight bedtime with a million requests and yell for us when we leave his room. He will wake up anywhere from 12-2 and repeat this. Endless requests and begging to see mom or dad or baby brother or whatever. He won’t fall asleep for nap”

“So my wife and I are on the struggle bus trying to get our 5.5mo to sleep through the night. Bedtime routine usually gets him into his crib between 7:30-8, and more often than not he wakes up after his initial body re-position about half an hour later, which is honestly just him turning his stupidly cute little head 1 centimeter. What we’re struggling with is getting back to sleep as he’s crying and fidgeting and spitting his pacifier out. We so badly want to do it without picking him up and roc”

“our toddler is 20m and she has never slept well. her naps are maybe an hour and she is up 5-7 times a night. she was anemic, thats been solved now. I am exhausted and even slept on the couch last night while my husband took a turn because my daily basic needs aren’t even happening. shes miserable and demanding. we are consistent in our approaches but she still wakes so often. she wakes at 7am (via her clock, sometimes this varies from 6:10-7 that she actually wakes), nap is 12:30, bed is 5 and a”