Do toddlers ever sleep?
Do you have kids that never seem to go to bed on time? At one time I could say no my kids are always in bed, and asleep when I would like them to be. However the times they are a changing.
General overview my 2 1/2 year old and my 11month old share a room. We do have another bed room, but it is upstairs and I prefer to not put one of them up there alone. Initially everything was fine, and they would both go to sleep. Now the tiny man goes to sleep at first, but then his big brother gets up and wakes him so they can play.
On a few occasions toddler man has skipped his afternoon nap due to an urgent outing such as, grocery shopping. These days he goes to sleep quickly once in bed at night, but around dinner time he is a terror. Since he did not get a nap these days we try to ignore his whining attempts to get what he wants.
The new technique we are trying for bed time is baby goes to sleep in their room, and toddler falls asleep in mom and dad's bed to be moved to his bed later. This is working currently, but I wonder if it has brought up our new problem.
In the past three days Korvin, my poor toddler has awoken around 3AM and wandered into our room, with his blanket. Now my first response in my sleep haze is to pick him up in to our bed, and go back to sleep. His plan however seems to be stay awake, and play with mom's hair. On the weekend it was not a problem, but today he came in at 3 AM and hubby's alarm for work goes off at 4:30 AM. I generally get up with my hubby, so that I can have my alone time in the morning. This is seriously the only time I have by myself!
The random waking does not seem to be caused by the bad dreams, or whatever it was that used to wake him up. I guess the bad dream reaction could have changed from sitting in bed screaming to getting up and finding mom and dad.
Do you have any tips or general suggestions? Please leave me a comment below with any ideas you may have. Sincerely the mama that wants to have a few hours in the morning to herself!!
General overview my 2 1/2 year old and my 11month old share a room. We do have another bed room, but it is upstairs and I prefer to not put one of them up there alone. Initially everything was fine, and they would both go to sleep. Now the tiny man goes to sleep at first, but then his big brother gets up and wakes him so they can play.
On a few occasions toddler man has skipped his afternoon nap due to an urgent outing such as, grocery shopping. These days he goes to sleep quickly once in bed at night, but around dinner time he is a terror. Since he did not get a nap these days we try to ignore his whining attempts to get what he wants.
The new technique we are trying for bed time is baby goes to sleep in their room, and toddler falls asleep in mom and dad's bed to be moved to his bed later. This is working currently, but I wonder if it has brought up our new problem.
In the past three days Korvin, my poor toddler has awoken around 3AM and wandered into our room, with his blanket. Now my first response in my sleep haze is to pick him up in to our bed, and go back to sleep. His plan however seems to be stay awake, and play with mom's hair. On the weekend it was not a problem, but today he came in at 3 AM and hubby's alarm for work goes off at 4:30 AM. I generally get up with my hubby, so that I can have my alone time in the morning. This is seriously the only time I have by myself!
The random waking does not seem to be caused by the bad dreams, or whatever it was that used to wake him up. I guess the bad dream reaction could have changed from sitting in bed screaming to getting up and finding mom and dad.
Do you have any tips or general suggestions? Please leave me a comment below with any ideas you may have. Sincerely the mama that wants to have a few hours in the morning to herself!!
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