Someone help me get my child to sleep! I swear he hates sleeping! His nap earlier was the first nap he's taken in a week and even at night I start putting him to bed around 9 and he doesn't fall asleep until 11 at the earliest. I swear he doesn't like sleep and when he does sleep he's up every hour or 2 trying to get up and play. I understand no sleep comes with parenting but I'm exhausted. When I say he doesn't sleep...he doesn't sleep and I don't know what else to do or try. We've done bed time routines, warm baths, no screen time at least a half hour before bed, early dinner, early wake ups and naps. Literally nothing works. He's even had night time medicine before like the Hyland cough syrup when he was sick and that didn't even make him sleepy.
@keepingupwithhj I probably will but even this past week he woke up at 8 every morning, didn't nap all day and still didn't fall asleep until close to midnight. I don't understand how he's not exhausted too.
@scc2413, you just have to try different things and figure out what works! Sounds like you may need to stop with naps though.
@keepingupwithhj I'll have to look into those! It's just so stressful. I honestly have never met a child that actually hates sleep as much as he does lol
@scc2413, I give my son a half of one on occasion and he is 21 months old!
@keepingupwithhj are those okay for his age? I think I've seen those but never actually looked in to them.
@scc2413, maybe you should talk to his doctor! They might have suggestions.