Let’s talk sleep
Hi, ladies! Been a while so I figured I’d check in to see how everyone’s doing with toddler sleep. Going down easily? Staying asleep all night? Waking early? What’s the story
Thank You Mary,
Em just doesn’t seem to require sleep like I do ?. I think her teeth are bothering her. She went to bed at 2AM and woke up crying at 5AM, Motrin helped her mood, but she didn’t go back to sleep. We have speech and ABA therapy, so hopeful we nap after. I’m sure you are tired too being pregnant, working and being a Mommy. How many months are you? Hugs ?
@mary do you have a bedtime routine you follow? Does she fall asleep on her own, or does she fight you on going down? Sometimes my son begs for milk at bedtime... he drinks a lot during the day and we are trying to break that habit...
@J I’m sorry - I don’t have any tips - have never gone through that transition before. I hope it gets easier for you though! I’m sure it’s a big adjustment for the LO’s though :-/
Sleep has been terrible for my little girl since we moved her out of her crib, keep them in the crib as long as you can! She was climbing out of her crib so we moved her into a bed a couple weeks ago for safety reasons but I’m seriously losing my mind trying to get her to sleep now. In her crib she went right down and now in a bed it’s at least 1-2 hours to get her down. Anyone have any suggestions?
Yeah Layla’s not showing signs of out growing the crib yet, so she’s still in hers (most of the time. Sometimes she ends up in our bed).
Tara I’m sorry sleep is still so crazy for you guys! I can’t imagine Layla staying up that late. She’s not a terrible sleeper but it’s still just SO inconsistent & this week she’s been waking up 1-3 x... hasn’t done that in months!! I thought we were done with all this but I guess there are always “phases” to get through. And thanks for the well wishes. I’m feeling SUPER exhausted/crabby lately so the sleep interruptions aren’t helping ?
Hey Mary,
We’ve talked before about Em’s crazy sleep. She seems to have patterns of pretty good sleep or wild sleeping hours. Yesterday she didn’t nap and slept from 10:30-10:30. This is awesome for Em. Today Floortime therapy and not nap and she went to bed at almost midnight. I don’t know how she does it. The crazy sleep is usually when she naps and then is up anywhere from 1Am-3AM and I’m Fall i’m my face. Unless she’s not feeling well once’s she’s out it’s for the night, so that’s good. We cosleep & she goes in her toddler bed too.
Hopefully Layla sleeps good for when the new baby is here ??.
We started a new sleep schedule and help from Em’s Doc! Yesterday wasn’t to bad and Em slept from 10:30-8:30 ?.