Help! Toddler Won't Sleep Through Night

My son did this a few months ago. He was very sick and not sleeping through the night because of that and then it just became routine. Did something happen recently to make her not be able to sleep at night? Maybe she needs a change in her routine? Have you tried putting her to bed even 15 minutes later and that might make a big difference. Rest assured, my son went back to sleeping through the night and now goes to bed at 8 and sleeps until after 7 most mornings...and he turned 2 earlier this month. She will get back on schedule :). Good luck and congratulations on the new little one coming!

I feel your pain. My son will be 3 in June and he just started sleeping through the night, for the most part, LAST WEEK!!! I came to the conclusion he would just grow out of getting up. I would lecture him every night about staying in his bed and every morning I would scold him. I figured one day it would sink in. Now when he gets up I just escort him back and tuck him in again. Most the time when he gets up he is soaking wet, which I think was part of the culprit all along. So to help that we cut back on p.m. fluids.
For your child you can try to leave out a cup of water she can access on her own, but only a couple ounces so she doesnt wet too much. And go ahead and leave a night light on. We leave our dining room light on dim until we go to bed at 11:00. After that there is a night light in the room and dining room right outside the bedroom.
Just be consistent w/ putting her back down, use minimal to no conversation and always enforce the staying in the bed all night speech. Have you tried a gate?

Hi, Stephanie,

I cannot wait to hear your responses because I am having the same problems with my almost 2 year old son. My second baby will be born in June/July and I hope Klausi will sleep through the night by then!
Good luck and congrats for your little girl and your baby on your way!
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My 2 year old does it. I think generally mine is just waking up, but sometimes I think she might be having nightmares. I just reassure my daughter and she quickly goes back to sleep. In my experience, it is normal or common.

Is she still taking a nap? If so It might be time to start cutting back on them.

I feel your pain. My 4 year old just went through this a few months ago and he still doesn't sleep through every night, but it's much better. Try to anticipate all the demands and beat her to it. We went to saying "the kitchen is closed" at night and giving him a sippy cup of water until morning. WE can't get milk at night because the kitchen is "closed" and he is okay with that. Makes sense to him. I leave the bathroom light on all night. It won't last forever. You can bet when I forget he's yelling for it at 2am. Start a reward chart. If she sleeps all night until it's light out without calling for you she gets a sticker. 5 stickers earns a reward like a trip to the park. Lots of praise when she makes it all night for being such a big girl. Another trick is giving her a special doll or stuffed animal to care for at night and tell her she can't yell for you because she would wake her "baby" and she has to take good care of it. You never know which button you have to push to make it work for you! Good luck! I know sleep deprivation well and it is NOT my friend!