Sleep

My Lo wakes up around 8 if she slept all night and has a nap at 12-1.30 or 2 on a good day then goes back to bed 8.30 at night i find if i take her to bed too early she wont sleep for long x

What is your routine currently? My LO sleeps 7:30-7 (stirs a couple of times but can get himself back to sleep) And sleeps 12-2 but this varies at weekends as we have a different schedule to nursery during the week. 20mths is quite early to be dropping a nap. Mine at 22mths now is napping for 50mins so has reduced slightly but couldn’t go to all day with no rest. We never used to wake a nap we would just adjust bed time (either bring it forwards or push it back) I always thought if they are sleeping they need to rest

My LO loves nap time too, he’ll sleep from 12 to 3 and I put him to sleep at 1 than he’ll wake up 4, If I wake him up earlier he’ll cry only until he’s back to sleep in my arms. So now I adjust his bedtime in the evening. He does wake up at night sometimes and wants to be rocked back to sleep. We still put him to sleep rocking in our arms or in bed. Something we’re trying to work on.

Hey Shannon, I have a son who still hasn't slept through the night. He is 20 months old too. Tbh, I have tried everything with him and changed naps, longer, shorter, different times. He's started skipping his nap and still doesn't sleep through. We have tried so many routines with him and even tried sleep training for a little while that didn't work and just made me feel extremely stressed. We have tried all the suggestions from family, friends, GPS and health visitors. I'm here if you need any support, I feel my son will eventually sleep through. I think some children just struggle with no obvious reason. Xx

20 months is early to be always sleeping through the night. Especially with so many developmental changes and teething etc. My lg sleeps through sometimes and not others for no specific reason. She goes back to sleep with a cuddle and that’s fine. She goes to bed at 8 and wakes about 7 on average. She goes down for a nap at 1 and sleeps however long she wants to usually 2hrs average sometimes 3 sometimes 1.5. Each child is different as long as you get them into a good routine the rest will follow in time. X

I can’t let my little girl nap any longer than 1hr 15/30 otherwise she’s a nightmare at night. On average, goes to bed between 7.30-8 and wakes around 8am. She usually goes down for her nap around 11.30am/12. We have had the odd day with 0 nap too!