How to get your toddler to sleep thru the night?!
My daughter is almost 2.5 and she wakes up a decent amount during the night to drink. I've tried no screen time before bed, and can't do warm milk (she HATES milk and plain water), calming music, wind down time before bed, warm baths, etc. I feel like she should be sleeping longer and more soundly. I don't want to resort to all natural sleep aid. Any advice or recommendations for this exhausted pregnant mother?! đ„șđ
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I had a similar problem, my toddler would wake up cause she was hungry so I would give her apple sauce ( her favorite) every night at 1 am. I talked to her doctor and she told me to just tell her no, you can have it in the morning. So white lie, I told her we didnât have anymore apple sauce but that we would go buy more. So for a week a would just rock her back sleep. Then she just stopped asking for a snack at night. Disclaimer she had night terrors that she finally out grew at around 3 years old. She just started sleeping full nights . Be patient it will happen
used to be in a crib but my husband got a travelling job (home like 2-3days a month) right as I found out I was pregnant so I co-sleep. Which she sleeps ALOT better with co-sleeping. And thank you so much!!! â€ïžâ€ïž
it's hard to be patient đ€Ł but thank u. It's nice to know i'm not the only one who went/going thru this.
What do you do with her when she wakes up? How long before she is down again? Any issues with naps? I wonder if itâs more out of habit? Just spit balling đ
All natural Cherry juice or cherries help them sleep!
Iâd also hydrate her differently. See if electrolytes help, sprinkle a little Himalayan sea salt in some lemonade if she wonât drink water. It would be best if you make the lemonade and use monkfruit sweetener or something. The lack of water if replaced by juices may be keeping her dehydrated.
I think youâve just got to say no. If she wakes in the night itâs water or nothing. If sheâs thirsty she will have it. If youâre giving her something sweet to drink in the night she probably just likes it! So long as she is going to the toilet regularly. It will be a rough few days but they will get there. I think itâs really hard to go from being a respond to anything parent when they are babies to being firmer when they are toddlers, but when our babies call for us itâs because they need us, toddlers also need firm boundaries. I would still
Always respond if my daughter called out in the night but I wouldnât just give her whatever she wanted because I wouldnât do that in the day, so why at night? Iâd never say she couldnât eat or drink but the options have to be limited!
Talked to her doctor today, and turns out my daughter is Anemic and they think that's part of the reason she wakes up alot and her leg pain. đ„ș
Oh bless her! Well at least you know what to do to help her â€ïž
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