Hello everyone, so i would be interested to know your opinions/advices about this.
My son just turned two and is still not sleeping through the night yet.
If he wakes up 2-3 times, it's a good night. So you've guessed it : we are freaking tired...
We have a bedtime routine (laying beside him, singing lullabies ) and he sleeps in his own room. and at around 2-3 am it starts. We give him something to drink, change his diaper. He falls asleep. But then he can wake wake up every hours til around 6 am he's wide awake.
We tried many things (dressing him more or less, not letting him do his daily 2hrs long nap, feeding him more in the evening, etc) but the only way he'll sleep good is when he sleeps beside us. Which is not a long term solution for us (or should I say for my husband more than for me..). So it seems definitely more of a security issue more than a physical one.. He naps very good (have to wake him up after 2 hrs).
Is it "normal "? I thought by 1 yo most kids sleep through. .
Any advices?
As I mentioned, it is not a new phase, he never slept through and i do not want to let him cry like this 5-10-15 method..
Thanks to all of you in advance for your answers :)
2 yo still not sleeping through. .
Thursday, 15 June 2017 - 23:05
2 yo still not sleeping through. .
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Youve just gotta let them cry through with a night light on or let them sleep in a toddie bed next to you in your room. Theyre the two solutions ive found with my three kids. They just get scared. Husbands hate it coz they end up with less sex, so start having sex in the shower instead and he will leave u alone about the child sleeping in the room with you all the time!
My son didn't 'sleep through' til he was about 3 and a half.
I don't agree with the cry it out method either, it's upsetting for everyone.
I was so sleep deprived from my son (I was also getting up to his baby sister) that I put a TV in his room, I know all the perfect parents would have a fit at this idea but I'd let him fall asleep with it on then turn it off once he fell asleep. When he woke again I would turn it back on but told him he had to stay in bed and be quiet.
Eventually, he stopped waking for TV through the night and we weaned him of falling asleep with it.
Not an ideal solution but you do what you've gotta do sometimes to get some sleep!
Also, 2 hour day naps are probably too long. I'd cut it back a bit.
Also just a thought, would a double bed in his room be an option? Put him in his bed to start with and if he wakes you can join him in his bed.
I tend to feel that co-sleeping is a better option than exhaustion. They are only small for such a short time, they do grow out of it before you know it!
I feel your pain, my 20month old still wakes once during the night and walks into our room as she wants one of us to go and sleep with her (she's got a king single bed so one of us jumps in with her around 1am.) Not ideal, but we know it won't last forever and we just do what works for us. We'd prefer that then put her in our bed as we don't want to get her used to sleeping in our bed. We can't leave her cry, we would rather cuddle in with her. Our 2nd is due in 3 months so that will be interesting, but we'll handle it! Just remember "this too shall pass."
P.s. We got her a beautiful quality mattress so we are comfortable too when we jump in with her!
Okay my suggestion as a mother who had this same problem my daugher still woke up 4-6 times a night i had people and doctors telling me it was normal... I went to a different doctor and got myself a referral to see an ENT specialist turns out my daughter had enlarged tonsils and adenoids which closed her airways of when she laid down to sleep which then would cause her to stop breathing which would wake her up, she had surgery last yr in nov at 4.5yrs she has slept through every night since please feel free to pm me for more info. 😃
Yes it's normal !! My 2yo is the same . All 3 have been the same !! To survive we put a mattress on the floor in their room and sleep next to them . This is still the case for our 2 and 4 yo but our 6 yo now sleeps through on his own . I think u have to find a solution that works for all of you . Cot was a no go for our kids but a toddler bed worked fine !! And transitioned to a normal single bed ok !