So my daughter will not sleep through the night!! We put her to bed around 8pm and she will come out.. he will cry.. she will get toys and put them in her bed. She falls asleep around 10:30 every night. I dont know what to do!!
We have tried everything!
I would cut out the nap if she is still taking one. She will be tired around nap time for a few days but then she will adjust.
I would try two different things. 1) Have you tried putting her to bed later? My DD was the same way, we tried to have her in bed by 8:30, but same thing; wouldn't sleep, wanted to play, etc. My son was the exact opposite: by 7:30, he asks to go to bed! Your daughter's internal "clock" might just naturally be set for a later bedtime. 2) She's almost 3, is she still napping? Try skipping the nap, cut it short, or making it earlier in the day. Good luck, I feel for you!
Let her.... do her 'ritual' of putting her toys in her bed. BEFORE she goes to bed. Make that a PART of her bedtime 'routine.' BEFORE she hits the hay.
Thereby, maybe then, she won't have to 'wake' and cry... just to get her toys and put them into bed with her. Let her do that, PRIOR to her going to bed. Instead.
When my daughter was a Toddler.... she would put all her 'loveys' (she had many) and her stuffed toys and any "comfy" thing, IN her bed with her. Its fine. She said it was "making my nest...." to go to sleep. It comforted her. We LET her, do that. Before going to bed.
We also let her have a flashlight IN bed with her.
And a sippy of water. IN bed with her.
But, at this young age, a child ALSO, developmentally.... starts to develop night-time 'fears'... of the dark or of anything. It is actually a NORMAL developmental occurring thing. So yes, they do wake at night. They just do. ALSO... their cognition is changing... and their imaginations. And well, we can't turn off their imaginations or night fears or discomforts.
Make sure, prior to bed, make everything CALM and dark already. To 'set up' sleep mode. Once it is actually bed time. Kids... toddlers... need time to unwind and then... go to bed. Then to actually fall asleep. Its a process.
Does she nap???
Over-tired kids, also have a harder time, falling asleep, staying asleep, and sleeping well. Thus, naps are still important.... to prevent over-tiredness. Sleep begets, sleep.
Keep the house all dark and calm. Even after she falls asleep. My daughter, was one that was real sensitive to any noises, even a toilet flushing would wake her. And if we were up and about while she slept... it would tweak her sleep. They know, what is going on, while they sleep. At least my daughter did. She'd tell us..... ALL the noises she heard, while sleeping and the noises WE made.... even if we thought she was asleep. Or trying to sleep.
all the best,
Susan
mine is just starting to for themost part he does the same thing. he jsut started sleeping through the night occasionally about 3 months ago and its not consistant yet.
My daughter was like that until she stopped taking a nap. If she is still taking one you might consider stopping or reducing it.
I have one counter-intuitive thing to add, in terms of things to try.
Is it possible she should be going to bed *earlier*? When my girls were that age, if we missed a roughly 30-minute window of sleepiness, they were up for hours later. It took us a while to figure it out, but it was real - lights out by 7:30 or it would be a rough night and a terrible morning.
Okay my friend's daughter is 10 mos older than my son and he is 2yrs old and she no longer takes naps.
My won went through that for awhile but he's super active now so he gets tired and is back to taking a 2 hr nap (sometimes it's a little less).
- I make sure and tire him out: go to the park, let him walk through the store when I have to buy some things, run in the backyard & play ball weather permitting.
- So either your daughter is done w/naps or you might need to tire her out w/exercise. . Try it all and good luck.
It might be time to cut out the nap...that's what worked in our house. BUT it did take quite a while for her to adjust...at 3 she still has issues some nights by dinnertime.
Hoping you find something that works for you!
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