Hey
My 2 year old won't go to bed!! I pop him down round 8ish cuddle, back rub sit for a minute and leave the room. Then he gets up like 20 times, then he starts crying and it truely hurts my heart to hear him cry so I still with him again for a few minutes give him another little Pat and shhh shhh. He gets the point eventually but it is taking agggggesssss and he's also been waking during the night round 4ish and it starts all over again not as bad and not as long but man I'm exhausted feel like I'm actually losing my mind a bit due to lack of sleep and constant interruptions. I guess I just don't have a plan except popping him back to bed. It's just becoming so annoying and he shares a room with his big bro who's been sleeping with us cu he's also tired and been woken up alot.
Were all tired here and everyone is grumpy!!! Is there something we're doing wrong?is there any tricks or something were missing?
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Can one of you sleep in with him? It’s completely normal to wake up and want to be with someone else, even as adults we like to sleep with someone next to us.
Can you have a longer bed time routine? They need more than a cuddle and a back rub before leaving the room. When mine were that age I laid in bed with them for at least half an hour reading stories until they went to sleep.
I’d suggest he’s not ready for you to leave the room until he falls asleep yet. So I’d just stay with him the first time you put him to bed until he falls asleep.
When my daughter was 2, I noticed she needed a far later bedtime then her older siblings. We had rest time on the sofa from 8 once the others went to bed, and we'd take her to bed when she seemed tired. When we let her set her own sleep scedual, she started to sleep through till 9am, then napped after lunch around 1pm for an hour or so. Wjen we tried to set her bed time, her sleeping was shocking. She's now 6, and has sent herself of to bed since about 4, normally between 730-8. Perhaps let bub take the lead for a while
I turn all lights in the house off then sit with them, they have nowhere to go.
Can you sit in with him until he drifts off? 2 is still very little. I found my daughter went off to sleep much more quickly while I sat with her. Otherwise, you could try sleep stories or some calming music or something to make him not feel so alone while he's drifting off?
I have done a things with my two year old. We have wind down activities before bed. TV and everything is switched off, my hubby and I focus our full attention on him for an hour before bed. We play games read books.
At bed time we have the same routine every night. Pjs, brush teeth, book and then its bed time. If he gets up he gets put straight back im bed, no eye contact. And simply say its sleep time.
It can take a while for them to adjust. But they will. You just need to be consistent.