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Sleep help (21 months)

MaggieF516MaggieF516 member
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My son keeps going to bed later and later, which is stressing me out because I feel like I'm not getting enough sleep as I have to do a lot of housework after he goes to bed. He's been falling asleep at about 10:30 lately. He has always been a night owl and could probably stay up to midnight if I let him. I used to get him asleep around 9:30 or so and he would wake up arond 7:30. Well around daylight savings he started staying up later. It would take me an hour to get him to sleep. I try getting him to sleep around 9:30, but the whole process was taking like an hour. I try to read to him and rock him to get him to relax, but he crawls out of my lap and tries to leave the room. Finally after doing this a few times, I put him in the crib and lay on the floor next to his crib because he cries if I leave and I don't believe in any sort of crying it out. Well sometimes he starts playing in the crib, standing up, trying to climb out, taking off his pajamas, etc. so I finally decided to put him to bed at 10 pm because he would actually fall asleep quicker and I wouldn't spend an hour trying to get him to sleep. This seems to work a bit better, but I still would like him asleep closer to 9 than 10:30. He naps 1-2 hours a day at his grandmas in the early afternoon. I would like to limit his naps to 1 hr, but I'm not sure if this is the right thing to do as he might need this sleep. He shows no signs of being tired at all until 10 pm. He still wakes up at 7:30. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!
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Re: Sleep help (21 months)

  • DawnLillyDawnLilly member
    Well, we do CIO. Not that we haven't tried laying next to the crib, going back in, pushing bedtime back later... Honestly, I don't know when it will end but there seems to be a trend here from 21-24 months varying in length of how long it takes to resolve. Try not to change the routine too much and set strict limits on yourself as to what is acceptable and what is not in attempting to get them content. We are on night 15. Good luck.
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    @Nicb13‌ is he in a crib or bed? My daycare said she thinks its the crib even though he hasn't gotten out yet. He sleeps on a twin bed at daycare (he's only there 3 days though) I saw some posts after a google search supporting the bed vs crib theory.
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  • DawnLillyDawnLilly member
    Haha yup. I post hijacked but I was getting to the point where I almost made my own post even though there are a lot of similar ones.

    Until 2 weeks ago he loved his crib. Would ask to take a nap or go to bed. Now, before we even get in the room he knows what is next and starts screaming. He still hasn't climbed out though which is what gets me. It would be so easy for him I'd think. He also decided just about two weeks ago as well that he would not eat in the high chair. Once i bought a booster seat and put him at the table he was fine. It just seems really early to be rebelling "baby" things.
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  • SusanC111SusanC111 member
    DawnLilly said:
    Haha yup. I post hijacked but I was getting to the point where I almost made my own post even though there are a lot of similar ones. Until 2 weeks ago he loved his crib. Would ask to take a nap or go to bed. Now, before we even get in the room he knows what is next and starts screaming. He still hasn't climbed out though which is what gets me. It would be so easy for him I'd think. He also decided just about two weeks ago as well that he would not eat in the high chair. Once i bought a booster seat and put him at the table he was fine. It just seems really early to be rebelling "baby" things.

    I have a friend whose baby started hating the crib. They had to bedshare even though she didn't want to, it was the only way to get sleep. The moved him to a full size bed at about 14 months and he loves it and sleeps great now all by himself. OP, sorry, I have no suggestions for you. That is really late to go to bed, I agree. We do a small amount of CIO, about 10 minutes. No one likes CIO, sometimes you need to do what you need to do.
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