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Ok what is going on...

crunchymnmcrunchymnm member
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Our 2 yo DS has been sleeping in his big boy bed since early last fall, great transition. No issues. Now the past week or so all of a sudden he gets mad when we put him to bed. If we put him to bed asleep, he wakes up an hour or so later all mad, turns the light on, and cries. Eventually falls asleep at the gate that we have across his door. We used to put him to bed after he passed out on the floor, though we quit doing this the last couple of days because he'd just wake up again and do the whole cycle again. One night he woke at 2:30, I went in to check on him and put him back to bed. He screamed and kicked his door. So I sat with him until he fell asleep, 2 1/2 hours later. Obviously I can't do this every night, so now I check on him and then let him cry it out where he again falls asleep at his gate. We bought him one of those Dreamlite animals as a nightlight, but he doesn't like having it on at night. Likes it more as a toy during the day. I'm out of ideas. My only guess is that he knows baby #2 is on the way soon and it's messing with him. Any suggestions?
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  • davis0905davis0905 member

    I think this is totally normal.  DD has gone through phases like that. It could be you might need to adjust his schedule--put him to bed a little later or change up his pre-bedtime routine.  Or perhaps shorten his nap during the day.  He might be trying to tell you that he is requiring less sleep.  Also he could just be protesting because he just really doesn't want to go to bed--he's missing out on things and he's curious and wants to play.  I've learned that I have to work hard to stay calm when DD goes through this bedtime battle.  If I get all upset and worked up, her behavior gets worse.  For DD it's in large part a security thing. She wants to know that her parents are near, so one of us sits outside her door at bedtime until she falls asleep.  It's usually only 20-40 mins before she falls asleep. We have been able to wean her off of this before but then she got a new bedroom suite and we had to start doing it again. :(  GL!   

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  • mommymegan831mommymegan831 member

    DD goes to bed easily, but she's up almost every night.  She goes through phases where she'll sleep through the night for months, then it's over.  She'll climb over a gate and break off a door lock, and at 2 am, I just want to sleep, so almost every night I wind up in her bed, even when I was 9 months pregnant, or she winds up in our.  I figure as long as she goes to bed on her own so DH and I can have a peaceful evening and she'll go to sleep if we sleep together in the middle of the night, I'm good.

    I guess because she knows I'm a sap, if I put her to bed, I do have to stay in until she falls asleep, DH usually does bed time while I'm at the gym and she'll go to sleep on her own for him.

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