Toddler very hyper at night

leesa031906

My daughter used to go to bed at night now just recently she's very hyper at night. She would fall asleep at nine without any fussing . Now all of a sudden she gets very hyper and won't fall sleep until 11 PM. Not sure what to do

Scorpgirl444

Here is my experience with this...

I have twins.  They are almost 2 and a half.  Night time is when they seem to come to life.  It's the realization that they are going to bed.  It's just a toddler thing.  I calm my down by reading a book or two at bedtime and have them help me turn the pages.  That makes them actually sit down.  Usually works for my daughter.  My son is usually still bouncing around the room.  

They have both learned that when the light in their room goes off, it's time for bed.  As soon as it turns off, my son goes into his bed.  Still working on this with my daughter.  She has decided she wants to push my buttons and sit under the bed or lay under the bed.  I will usually leave her there and tell them good night and shut the door.  That's when she opens her door and will start the under the bed stuff all over again.  

Right now we're on 2-3 times of me going back in for her to actually get into bed.  The whole time her brother is still in bed and I can tell he's annoyed by this practice.  

I know it's a phase and she will go back to her normal self one day...hopefully.  lol

blu-eyedwife

It sounds to me like she's overtired.  After x amount of activity, your body requires sleep.  It needs the time to process information, grow, rebuild, etc.  When your body doesn't get the sleep it needs, when it needs it, it begins to produce adrenaline, feeling that there must be a stressful situation which is causing you to not be sleeping.  The adrenaline helps your body stay awake to deal with the (Sabertooth tiger, giant black bear, other predator) and also makes it much much harder to fall asleep.

Her previous bedtime of 9:00 seems to be too late for her body.  Her body is overtired and producing adrenaline making her hyper and unable to fall asleep.  I would definitely recommend putting her to bed earlier.

Also, if it helps, for a while my son had a hard time unwinding at the end of the day.  He was so revved up from school and being home with us that we did yoga every night before bed.  (We called them "good night stretches."  It helped focus him and wind him down.)

PsyDr04

I would agree about her being overtired. My son (3) gets really hyper at night sometimes and it's usually always because he's really tired. Of course, he tries to avoid going to bed at these times by asking for more to eat/drink, asking to play, etc. Once we actually get him to settle down enough to do our bedtime routine, he's usually out like a light pretty quickly. 

If she's not napping during the day, I would suggest trying to reinstate that or at least make her have "quiet time" in her room for an hour or so every afternoon if she's at home during the day. 

this decaf life

I'd say maybe LO is overstimulated and needs to go to bed early rather than later. DD is 2 and goes to bed at 630 PM, she tries to climb into the crib herself because she's exhausted by then.