Comments on: “My toddler won’t sleep… and I’ve tried everything!” http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/my-toddler-wont-sleep-and-ive-tried-everything/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-toddler-wont-sleep-and-ive-tried-everything Tips and advice on solving your child's sleep problems! Wed, 16 May 2012 23:34:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kari http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/my-toddler-wont-sleep-and-ive-tried-everything/#comment-20440 Kari Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:13:58 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=51#comment-20440 My daughter has had a rough start to life. She was super sick for the first 2 years. Now she is almost 2.5 and doing better health wise. Unfortunately, bad habits were formed in the sleep department. We rock her to sleep every night and nap. It usually takes around an hour. She wont fall asleep on her own. She also sleeps with us in our bed. What should we do now? We can't live like this forever! My daughter has had a rough start to life. She was super sick for the first 2 years. Now she is almost 2.5 and doing better health wise. Unfortunately, bad habits were formed in the sleep department. We rock her to sleep every night and nap. It usually takes around an hour. She wont fall asleep on her own. She also sleeps with us in our bed. What should we do now? We can’t live like this forever!

]]> By: Kayla Herbert http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/my-toddler-wont-sleep-and-ive-tried-everything/#comment-20089 Kayla Herbert Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:21:49 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=51#comment-20089 Hello, I have a 20 month old started climbing out of his crib so we put him into a toddler bed, made a big deal about it, all our company that comes over has to go and make a big deal about it so my son is proud of it. We have a nighttime routine that has always been the same Pj’s, milk, brush the teeth then read books in his bed. (Let me just say when he was in his crib he would sleep 12 hrs straight at nights)now in his toddler bed, he goes to bed at 8:30 and usually between 12-2 he wakes up, screaming, yelling for his dad saying “ all done”. If the door is open he sleeps in the hallway all night and if the door is closed he sleeps right behind the door. When we leave his door open and I hear him I don’t say anything and put him back into his bed and as soon as he hears me start to leave he starts crying and gets out of bed. We have tried everything. A night light in his room, a night light in the hallway, a snack before bed, putting a bigger bed railing up so he feels secure like his crib and nothing is working. So we have taken away his naps which he wasn't much of a napper. I am due in Feburary with our second baby and my husband and I are exhausted and stressed out. Any advice Hello, I have a 20 month old started climbing out of his crib so we put him into a toddler bed, made a big deal about it, all our company that comes over has to go and make a big deal about it so my son is proud of it. We have a nighttime routine that has always been the same Pj’s, milk, brush the teeth then read books in his bed. (Let me just say when he was in his crib he would sleep 12 hrs straight at nights)now in his toddler bed, he goes to bed at 8:30 and usually between 12-2 he wakes up, screaming, yelling for his dad saying “ all done”. If the door is open he sleeps in the hallway all night and if the door is closed he sleeps right behind the door.
When we leave his door open and I hear him I don’t say anything and put him back into his bed and as soon as he hears me start to leave he starts crying and gets out of bed. We have tried everything. A night light in his room, a night light in the hallway, a snack before bed, putting a bigger bed railing up so he feels secure like his crib and nothing is working. So we have taken away his naps which he wasn’t much of a napper. I am due in Feburary with our second baby and my husband and I are exhausted and stressed out. Any advice

]]> By: menucha achwab http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/my-toddler-wont-sleep-and-ive-tried-everything/#comment-19277 menucha achwab Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:53:30 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=51#comment-19277 i have a very similar situation with my 6.5 month old(only difference is he is the first born) any suggestions pls im not coping from exhaustion! i have a very similar situation with my 6.5 month old(only difference is he is the first born) any suggestions pls im not coping from exhaustion!

]]> By: vicky http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/my-toddler-wont-sleep-and-ive-tried-everything/#comment-12692 vicky Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:07:06 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=51#comment-12692 My 13 month old who is in a cot in with us, used to be put down at 7 awake and sleep pretty much through the night, if he did wake he would settle himself. Overnight he now wont go to sleep without screaming, only way I can settle him is to cuddle. ( Which I do not want him to get into the habit off). He is then waking through the night and crying again. He can see me in the bed beside the cot, but still he dont seem to be reassured. I am out every 2 mins or so, to lay him back down , seems every sound or movement disturbs him. I want to be able to put him in the same room as my 2 year old as we r expecting again in july next year. I have been doing the controlled crying technique, where he eventually goes to sleep after I go to him every ten mins to settle after about a hour and half. Which I can handle, but I just cant handle being awake through the night, as unless I cuddle him he wont settle himself. I am living on 2-3 hours sleep a night. Its been about a week now. With no sign of him improving. I am just exhausted. My 13 month old who is in a cot in with us, used to be put down at 7 awake and sleep pretty much through the night, if he did wake he would settle himself. Overnight he now wont go to sleep without screaming, only way I can settle him is to cuddle. ( Which I do not want him to get into the habit off). He is then waking through the night and crying again. He can see me in the bed beside the cot, but still he dont seem to be reassured. I am out every 2 mins or so, to lay him back down , seems every sound or movement disturbs him.

I want to be able to put him in the same room as my 2 year old as we r expecting again in july next year. I have been doing the controlled crying technique, where he eventually goes to sleep after I go to him every ten mins to settle after about a hour and half. Which I can handle, but I just cant handle being awake through the night, as unless I cuddle him he wont settle himself. I am living on 2-3 hours sleep a night. Its been about a week now. With no sign of him improving. I am just exhausted.

]]> By: Mary http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/my-toddler-wont-sleep-and-ive-tried-everything/#comment-5801 Mary Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:32:12 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=51#comment-5801 my daughter is 11 months old I dont have a problem with getting her to take a nap durring the day its bedtime that Im having trouble with for the past week she fights to stay awake! her bedtime is right around when I put the other kids to bed 8pm and Ill usually give her a bath ( evey other night) bottle then she'll sit on my lap tell she falls asleep and I put her in bed that was good for her and now I do the same thing and she'll fall asleep and then when I put her in bed she wakes up and is up until 1am!! I just put her in bed with the light on and her night light and all she does is scream! and I dont want her to be screaming and wake up her other siblings so now with her going to sleep at 1am Im tired she ends up sleeping tell 10 or 1030am and then takes a nap from 1pm tell 3 or so I usually have to wake her and the other day I thought I wouldnt even give her a nap at all durring the day and I thought maybe a 1/2 hour nap would be ok sense she hadnt had a nap and she was still up until 1am!! so what am I doing wrong? she is teething and I do give her tylonol to help her ( only when she is really grouchy I give to her which isnt very often) to help her with the pain and that doesnt even seem to help so I tried giving her Ibprofen childrens of course and it hasnt helped her at all either so is there something else going on Im tired of staying up tell 1am and then have to get up @ 7am to get my son off to school and then there are times where my other son wakes in the night because of a bad dream and then Im u with him so its almost 3 or 4 sometimes 5 before I go to bed and I really getting exahusted!! any help would be apreciated:) my daughter is 11 months old I dont have a problem with getting her to take a nap durring the day its bedtime that Im having trouble with for the past week she fights to stay awake! her bedtime is right around when I put the other kids to bed 8pm and Ill usually give her a bath ( evey other night) bottle then she’ll sit on my lap tell she falls asleep and I put her in bed that was good for her and now I do the same thing and she’ll fall asleep and then when I put her in bed she wakes up and is up until 1am!! I just put her in bed with the light on and her night light and all she does is scream! and I dont want her to be screaming and wake up her other siblings so now with her going to sleep at 1am Im tired she ends up sleeping tell 10 or 1030am and then takes a nap from 1pm tell 3 or so I usually have to wake her and the other day I thought I wouldnt even give her a nap at all durring the day and I thought maybe a 1/2 hour nap would be ok sense she hadnt had a nap and she was still up until 1am!! so what am I doing wrong? she is teething and I do give her tylonol to help her ( only when she is really grouchy I give to her which isnt very often) to help her with the pain and that doesnt even seem to help so I tried giving her Ibprofen childrens of course and it hasnt helped her at all either so is there something else going on Im tired of staying up tell 1am and then have to get up @ 7am to get my son off to school and then there are times where my other son wakes in the night because of a bad dream and then Im u with him so its almost 3 or 4 sometimes 5 before I go to bed and I really getting exahusted!! any help would be apreciated:)

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