Bedtime

Is anyone else has issues with your child struggling for bedtime all of a sudden he used to be so good when he went to bed then since he turned 22 months he’s just gone backwards , won’t go down til like 9pm?

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Yes we’re going through this at the moment! We’ve actually had to stay in the room until my LO is nearly asleep for as long as I can remember, which we really need to break out of! But until bedtime gets easier again I can’t see how we can. We’ve got a lot of change at nursery at the moment with just fully going up to the toddler room this week. I’m wondering if it’s all do to with separation anxiety… we even had 15 minute wakes last night between 1-3 which I can’t remember the last night we had midnight wakes! Hope it gets better for you soon!

Yes! Been struggling for a couple of months and it’s just getting worse. At first she was fighting bedtime but we capped the nap to 30 minutes (or not at all) or brought it earlier in the day which sorted the issue. Now she’s fighting naps and will only fall asleep in the pram being rocked at nap and bedtime. She rarely naps at all and copes fine all day. This week she now keeps having split nights or even starting the day at 3am - I got three hours sleep last night 🤦🏼‍♀️ Starting to wonder if her final couple of teeth are coming through

What really shocks me is how easily she will fall asleep pretty much on her own at nursery and sleep for 1.5-3h there and when she’s home me and my husband have to jump through hoops to get her to sleep!

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My daughter is 28 months diagnosed level 2 and she has sensory needs as well for the past few months she has been “humping” to self soothe herself I would like to know for parents who dealt with this what would be a healthy way to deal with it ? How did your redirect to maybe let’s say a pillow but in the bedroom only and things like that she is considered non verbal but she follows instructions really well if helps at all ♥️ thank you for your advices im just trying to see if it would be okay to redirect to an appropriate area to do it rather than just trying to make it stop if it’s helping her regulate

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