Toddler Sleep: I'm done

[Pollyanna]

You're in survival mode right now. Your dd will be fine and she will eventually sleep. Hang in there mama

[OrionGrad]

No advice, but lots of positive thoughts. Getting DS to fall asleep is a nightly battle in our house too. Whenever I think we've got it all figured out, DS changes the rules and we're back to square one. No matter what you decide to do, I guarantee you won't traumatized her.

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

We routinely have 2-3 hour nap battles on the weekend and at least 1-2x per week. She just hates sleep. It's genetic. I hated sleep too and didn't sleep through the night until I was like 2 (although my parents are notorious exaggeraters). Last week she started the day at 3 AM once and 4:30 AM twice.

Daddy comes home in October. But that doesn't really help me. She's no better for him. On Saturday, it took him an hour to get her to bed at 10 PM (we were at a wedding) and that's two hours past her bedtime.

I'm fine if she's playing in her room. I just cannot sit outside her room working on my laptop for an hour anymore. The crap she was pulling (throwing her toys at me, laying on her changing mat, coming in and out of her room) tells me that it's becoming an opportunity to test me, not about her needing me to go to sleep.

I think our new routine is the same as the old one - bath, reading, milk, teeth, talk about our day, pray, sing Amazing Grace except then mommy LEAVES. I'll keep you posted, maybe she'll get better as the week rolls on. She's pretty damn smart sometimes, I have a feeling that she'll get it quickly.

[ladymoreta]

I think your plan sounds good. Now that she's not scared or anxious, but she's testing boundaries, being firm and not wasting your time "playing" seems like the way to go. When she's coming out of her room, you can do Supernanny or put on a childproof doorknob cover, but I agree with letting her play in her room if she's not trying to hurt herself or destroy things.

[Thirteen]

How old is she again? The sleep drama seems to go in pattern cycles at our house. :/

I'm so very sorry, T&S.


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[TulipsAndSunscreen]

She's 20 months.

[Vishenka69]

I don't think you are traumatizing her. My routine is almost identical to GRU, even down to the ipad.

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