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Toddlers: 24 Months+
I know it is asked all the time...but bedtime?
We're having major procrastination issues at bedtime these days. DD used to be sound asleep by 8:30, but lately she stalls and screams random requests (I need a hug, need a kiss, etc.) until 9:15 or later. I can't tell if she's overtired or not tired enough so I'm not sure how or if I should adjust her bedtime. DH thinks we should push her bedtime earlier to 7:30 so that if she uses these stall tactics she'll at least be asleep by her previous 8:30 bedtime. She wakes up anywhere between 5:45 and 6:30...so it's not like she's getting tons of sleep that we can just sacrifice some...
So what time do your DC's aged 2.5 and older go to sleep?
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Re: I know it is asked all the time...but bedtime?
DD kind of picked 8:30 when she was less than 1 and we've stuck with it. She now sleeps longer than she used to as she no longer has to get up to go to daycare (I now watch kids at home.) She hasn't tried stalling though as she doesn't talk very much.
My ticker says DD is 2 but she's almost 26 months.
DD's bedtime is 9:30. A few months ago, it was 9 and she'd sleep until 9. Then she started pushing bedtime later and waking up earlier and earlier.
Now she wakes up around 8-8:15 and bedtime is supposed to be 9:30. But lately, since we had to switch her to her big girl bed a month or so ago, she's been stalling too.. at least 3 nights a week she's still up trying to talk to us or singing or playing w/ her stuffed animals until 10:30 before we can get her down.
I'd love to get some advice because I know she needs the sleep! She's been taking mega naps and we often have to wake her after 3 hours! Ya DD, you obviously need that sleep! Maybe we should try moving bedtime back to 9...it's just hard because she naps from 2-5 (which is part of our problem). And she never seems tired at 9, even if she took a terrible nap; she'll resist an earlier bedtime and ends up staying awake in her bed anyway.
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Bedtime used to be 8:30 and he would go right to sleep. After transitioning to the toddler bed, he was staying up for HOURS (often until 10:30 or 11). We would spend that time fighting with him, fighting with each other and just being mad. So we decided to push his bedtime back to 9:30/9:45. Really late but he wasn't going to sleep until after that time anyway, we figured that way he would have one-on-one time after Asher goes to sleep and plus we wouldn't all be mad and fighting.
He still stays awake until 10pm-ish but we no longer fight over it.
And he's waking up at 6:30/7am still but he seems to be doing okay during the day (most days he asks for his nap earlier than he used to).
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Mine goes to bed at 8pm and takes a 2-3 hour nap during the day. He used to use the stall tactics, one more book, water ,etc. Now we always end with Good Night Moon and we've told him has to go to bed after that and he's used to the routine. He fought that the first time and I told him you have to go to bed now because when you wake up we are going to the Playground! ( or whatever your doing the next day) and that worked.
Our bedtime routine has been extended a little as he gets older, but our 2 1/2 year old goes down at about 7:15 and is sleeping by 7:30 most nights. He usually wakes around 6:30am but will stay and play in bed (still in a crib) until 7 or 7:30 while I shower. He also naps from about 1 until 3:30. If his nap is too late (say starts after 2, then he fights bedtime).
Having wrote that, DH and I are also early to bed, early to rise people. We usually head to bed around 9:30 or 10 during the work week.
Our routine? One of us will bathe DD while the other listens to music and plays with DS in his room. Then it's his turn for a bath, brush his teeth, diaper and PJs on. Then it's a story or two with Dad then another story (or three) with Mom. Then we'll have a little chat about what we did that day and what we'd like to do tomorrow. Then he lies in bed and listens to Tom Petty's "All right for now". I give him a ton of kisses then leave.
I made a picture schedule of bedtime routine, and posted it on her door. Before I leave I ask her (very officially) if she'll be needing extra hugs or kisses this evening, dole them out and it's done. We review it every night and she knows she'll not get attention once I leave. She gets up once every night before going to sleep to pee, but always goes back without a fight. I love the picture schedule!
Our routine:
5:30 dinner, 6:00 bath with the twins, 6:30 out, everyone in pjs, everyone brush teeth 7:00 she goes downstairs to watch Caillou with DH while I put the babies down. 7:30 I take her up to bed. And she wakes between 6:30 and 7. No naps. Not sure if your LO is not tired or over-tired, but she sure sounds like a perfectly normal 2 yr old- LOL!