24month old sleep troubles

Been there done that. I think J was younger and noone would do except mummy. I read somewhere about often its about wanting some special mummy time and by spending a ltitle time with her before bed she may be happier to let you leave the room.

It was about that time I started putting J to bed by reading him 2 stories in the chair then cuddles where I would talk about his day "you had a fun day today, didnt you" he nods "it was fun going to so and sos house" etc etc....after a few of those I say "now its time to go na nyes, teddy's tired, tucker's tired" And put him down, give him a kiss and walk out.

Then I used the verbal reassurance technique where you let them cry for 5 min then walk halfway into the room and reassure them by saying "your alright, time for sleep, love you" etc and walk out. You dont pick them up (my first mistake) or expect them to calm down...they normally go ballistic. Go back after another 5 mins etc and repeat. The first time we tried this he screamed for 7 whole minutes (LOL..it felt bad) but considering before hand it was 1-2 hours, I was impressed. Next night 3min and next night nothing.

Thats what worked for us about 6 months ago...to throw a spanner in the works...J is being a right sh*t at bedtimes now and so are nearly every other 2 yr old I have come across. Its a phase!

Same here, that door is shut & don't hear from him. If we leave the door open, different story! We initially did it for sound proofing but now it's part of the sleep routine!

I'd go with the 5 mins think like NZPiper said. This is what we did a while ago with C. I think he was under a year old?? but it works well & it give you something to focus on (clock watching lol) but if she's hysterical then go back in before the 5 mins.

I'll have a look for this book today.

We spend alot of time together. She is very clingy mummies girl.

Luckily its the weekend so she will be find because DP is here

Also just to throw in the mix its started at night time to but at 12am when she wakes arhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

She always has books next to her bed but isnt interested. I will read one with her before she goes to bed also.

When DP puts her down if i check on her she is sleep with books around her so i know she is reading them

I know this might sound a little simple. But have you tried talking to her. Telling her what's going to happen a little bit before going to bed?

The past few months DD (14mnths) has been waking 2-5 times during the night some nights. All she wanted was a cuddle as she would go back to sleep straight away. Anyway the other night before bed I sat down and told her that I need her to sleep through the night as it was making us all very tired. I told her I was next door if she really needed anything. That I would see her in the morning when we all woke up.

That was 3 nights ago, she has slept through every night without a peep, apart from one occassion that was a poo nappy. Might just be coincidence but I think she understood what I said. I guess only time will tell.

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