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How long do you leave LO in bed when he/she is obviously awake and fighting sleep?

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Meaning - I put DD to bed at 8:30.  Later than usual because she was very obviously not going to go down easy tonight.  It's going on a half hour now and she's in there talking away, jabbering, blabbering, squealing, screaming (not crying - just yelling for me to come get her).  When is enough enough?  When do you say, "Ok, let's get up and tire your ass out so you will SLEEP."  ??
 
 
DD is 16 months.  Has been going to bed at 8p for weeks now.  Sleeps clean thru the night, will take a two hour (on average) nap mid-day.  Every day this week has been NOTHING like that.  What's going on here?  Does she not need as much sleep suddenly or what?  Is it the onslaught of new toys in her room?  She barely napped today, no nap yesterday, barely an hour the day before.  Late to bed, and very early to rise.  I am dying here.  Can I not say enough how much this pregnancy is kicking my ass?  I physically need the time she normally sleeps to recoup, to rest, whatever.  Help? 
 
Annnnnd now she's started the whine-cry.  Gah!
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Re: How long do you leave LO in bed when he/she is obviously awake and fighting sleep?

  • TSDTSD member

    Till he falls asleep. As long as he isn't screaming. Otherwise, if he's standing and screaming, I go up there and try to talk to him (I'm not going to explain because it sounds cuckoo but it works with him). He will usually lay back down and go to sleep.

    Good luck!

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  • kell8807kell8807 member
    I'd honestly leave her for awhile.  As long as she isn't screaming/crying at the top of her lungs.  A little jabbering, squealing, etc won't kill her.  DD usually will get sick of it & give up after about an hour on the bad nights.  DH & I just take turns going in to pat her on the back, give a kiss, give her paci back, etc about ever 15 minutes.  We don't talk to her and don't pick her up.  It works for us.



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  • Stacy2168Stacy2168 member

    Until she falls asleep. I only go in to check if I think she's got a dirty diaper or if she's really upset. Normally she just talks/sings or kicks the wall for a while.

    I've found that on mornings when she sleeps in too late, she doesn't nap well and then it takes her even longer to fall asleep at night.

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  • SusieQ1982SusieQ1982
    We stay with him until he falls asleep if he's upset.
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  • Emilia0101Emilia0101
    My DD is 16 months (on the second). I think it was new toy overload and a combo of teething. I tried to do whatever I could to keep the routine same nap times, bed time, etc and now we are back on track. Good luck! 
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  • A_SchmitzA_Schmitz member
    Oh man I am having some of the dame issues. To answer your ? At night I put ds to bed and he would gabber alittle and then go to sleep. In the morning he would get up and play and go back to sleep and get back up when I get up to get him. If let him be until I was ready. But this has changed since he now can climb out of his crib. Today we have threw nap and bed time out the window and all I know is I'm not ready for hi To do this. Ugh
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  • meg1974meg1974 member
    DD did this for a few days about a week ago. She didn't cry, just talked, so we left her alone. She talked for about an hour and then went back to sleep. If she would have cried we would have put her back to sleep. 


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  • juliane2004juliane2004 member

    If she's not crying, we leave her.

    If she's fussing/crying a bit, usually it's just cause she dropped (or threw it over) her lovey. Then I retrieve it for her. Rarely, if she continues to throw it over, and fuss/cry, I get her up for about 10 minutes in a darker room (not many lights on). Sometimes she's just hungry so I give her a bottle of milk or some applesauce or yogurt.

    If she's screaming, I get her up. It's not common, maybe once every 3-4 weeks, so something's not right.

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  • ZTACRYSTALZTACRYSTAL member
    imageStacy2168:

    Until she falls asleep. I only go in to check if I think she's got a dirty diaper or if she's really upset. Normally she just talks/sings or kicks the wall for a while.

    I've found that on mornings when she sleeps in too late, she doesn't nap well and then it takes her even longer to fall asleep at night.

    Yep. Sounds like DD. We never take her out once she has been put to be though.

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