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Toddler bedtime

EllasMommy2010EllasMommy2010 member
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I'm sure I'm not the only one with this issue, but I am looking for a light at the end of the tunnel or something.  Every night when we put DD to bed, she screams/cries for 10-20 minutes.  The only way she doesn't scream/cry is if we lay with her.  I don't want to be in that habit of laying down with her, but it is so hard when she cries EVERY night.  Is this just a phase??  She will be 2 in January.  I just wish she would lay down peacefully at least some of the time.
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  • TheOriginalSPTheOriginalSP

    We went through that too.  And around 2 1/2 months she gave up naps and now she goes to bed without a fight at 7pm every night.  lol  I miss the naps but man I don't miss the hell of a bedtime.

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  • Meg&JesseMeg&Jesse
    We went through a phase around that age too.  We just laid down with DS and eventually he fell asleep without us...although I don't remember how long the phase lasted..probably a few months.
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  • kpips20kpips20 member
    DS did the exact same thing just before he turned 2. It was a nightmare (esp since I was pregnant). He was also waking at 4am and not napping. It lasted for about a month and then suddenly he stopped and went back to his normal sleep routine. I honestly don't have any advice since we idn't really do anything but wanted you to know there is a light at the end of the tunnel!
     
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  • Kristine SchillingKristine Schilling

    Some of our friends used the "cry it out" methods for their kids and after we saw the bedtime fights, the screaming kids.. we just couldnt do it. So we did our own thing. At first we had the same problem you did, she wouldnt go to bed unless we were there, or unless she was totally passed out by the time she was put into bed. So, we made a gradual change.

    We had the bedtime routine of story, rocking chair and a bit of milk, then lights out. At first we couldnt get her to lay down in bed without crying unless we rocked her to sleep in the dark. Gradually though we were able to shift the bedtime routine. After lights out, a couple minutes rocking to let her start to drift off, but not be asleep yet, before we tuck her in and say goodnight.

     It took us several months to get her to this point but now we do our story time, turn off the light and put her to bed a couple minutes later, regardless of how ready to sleep she seems. She rarely gets up to find us anymore, and stopped fighting bedtime. Our next step will be story time in bed, no rocking chair, and lights out right after story.

    In the morning she wanders to our room for morning cuddles before breakfast. I tell you, being out on disability can be depressing, but those morning cuddles are an awesome way to start the day!

     

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