https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 06:08:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-a-normal-phase-or-a-problem-2-year-old-sleep-problems#post-1818224 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:55:09 +0000 swurlygurl 1818224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>L will often do this (18 months), just hang out in her bed, reading books to herself or playing with her dolls. I see her in there swinging them around in air and having them kiss each other - cracks me up! She's started doing this for about 30 minutes up to 2 hours before bed. Never fussing, just hanging out and contently playing. Sometimes she'll do it in the middle of the night as well, but usually only for 10-20 minutes or so until she falls back alseep. </p> <p>I just kind of let her do her thing... Sometimes she ends up needing a second nap though, but whatever, we're stuck at home most of the time anyway so it doesn't affect me too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-a-normal-phase-or-a-problem-2-year-old-sleep-problems#post-1818169 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:25:53 +0000 abmamma 1818169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks @Mamaof2-- at this point I will try anything! No MOTN wake-ups last night (after taking an hour to fall asleep) but was up at 5:30 this morning. Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-a-normal-phase-or-a-problem-2-year-old-sleep-problems#post-1815611 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:40:02 +0000 Mamaof2 1815611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could she be hungry?</p> <p>Try a banana or some oatmeal before bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-a-normal-phase-or-a-problem-2-year-old-sleep-problems#post-1815372 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:34:17 +0000 abmamma 1815372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO will be 2 in less than 2 weeks and her nighttime sleep has been kind of a mess for the last couple of months. She often takes 45 minutes to an hour to fall asleep at night (sometimes more!) in addition to waking up in the middle of the night for hours at a time. She doesn’t cry or fuss during either period – mostly rolls around her crib and plays with her lovey and the few other small stuffed friends she has in there or talks to herself. But I am really worried she is not getting enough sleep (plus I hear every sound she makes so I am not sleeping all that well either)!</p> <p>We usually start the bedtime routine around 7 and she is in her crib by 7:30ish. Our bedtime routine is the same as it has been since she was a baby (although I think DH, who often puts her to bed, mostly gives in to the additional requests for more books so it may take a little longer than it used to). We have tried putting her to bed earlier, putting her to bed later, limiting her naps, etc. and nothing seems to make much of a difference. I thought it might have to do with her two year molars (the bottom 2 have recently erupted) but even Motrin/Tylenol before bed doesn’t really seem to make that much of a difference and she isn’t fussing so it is hard to justify giving her medicine every night when she may not really need it. </p> <p>Her daytime sleep is mostly fine—although twice in the past two weeks she did not take a nap at all (both times were the day after a night where she actually had a good solid 10 hours of sleep). On the napless days we put her to bed a little early and she fell right asleep but was up for 2-3 hours in the middle of the night!</p> <p>Is there some kind of sleep regression around this age? Should I just suck it up and ride it out? Or is there something else we should be trying to help her sleep better? Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated!! </p>