https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:50:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-from-hell#post-1748901 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 22:26:22 +0000 mrsjazz 1748901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Good idea. Right now LO will only get back in bed if I threaten to leave her room!<br /> @twoofeverything: Thanks for sharing that. I like the plan, too, and liked seeing the comments from people who have tried this with kids LOs age.<br /> @sandy: This is probably where we started to go wrong. We limit 4 books at bedtime and she always asks for more and we usually give her one if she starts whining/crying. We have not been consistent. I will look at Super Nanny, too.</p> <p>Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-from-hell#post-1748881 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 22:00:07 +0000 sandy 1748881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went through a bit of a phase of bedtime stalling. We have a very set routine - after bath and pjs she uses the potty. Then she gets bedtime stories (limit is 3 books) and hugs/kisses and she gets to use the potty one more time. If she does not go potty within 3 minutes (maybe use a timer but we just eye the clock) she has to get off. Then she gets tucked in and to bed. She used to ask us to go potty multiple times. Finally we told her she can go potty 1 time or no bedtime stories tomorrow. She got it so quick. I think the key is to have a really set routine and clear expectations/rules and consequences. A big thing for me was to watch Super Nanny - be consistent to a fault and do not deviate even if it means walking them back to bed 100 times (don't engage, don't talk after a while, stick to your script and they will get that you mean business). Do it 2-3 nights if you have to but that usually means you're not having stalling bedtime battles for months and months - I'll take a few hard nights over months of stalling. We just are super consistent and she gets it so quick </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-from-hell#post-1748870 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 21:51:17 +0000 twoofeverything 1748870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haven't been there, so I'm not a lot of help...<br /> But I will be there. I am sure of it. Especially with DD.<br /> My plan is to hunker down, CIO-style, for as long as it takes. I'll sit down the hall in our room reading a book, (I can see their door from our bed), and the second I hear the door open, I walk her back to bed and put her in. It will probably be 30 times a night...in fact, I'll put money on it! (OMG I'm terrified of the toddler bed transition!).<br /> I know there was a blog post about this awhile back...I don't remember who, but here's the link: <a href="http://amomwithalessonplan.com/mommy-fun-fact-15-a-better-bedtime/" rel="nofollow">http://amomwithalessonplan.com/mommy-fun-fact-15-a-better-bedtime/</a><br /> I like the plan.<br /> Mrs. Bee has interesting points about locks on the door. At this point, I'm 80% opposed to it...but I haven't been there, either...<br /> GL, Mama. I know a lot of it depends on temperament and language. I'm eager to hear what happens! Update us if you can! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-from-hell#post-1748867 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 21:49:42 +0000 mrbee 1748867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: Olive is 2 years 9 months... she was totally defeating me at bedtime until recently! I started leaving the door to her bedroom open (which she loved) and then leave her room... but if she came out, I would tell her that next time I was going to shut the bedroom door. Then if she came out again, I would shut the door for maybe 5 seconds... then open it again and get her back down, then leave again.</p> <p>She really wanted that door open, so she "got it" really quickly! Bedtime had been a two-hour affair, but now I can get her down in 10-20 minutes... and she sleeps later in the morning too, since she's putting herself down.</p> <p>Good luck!! Argh, toddler bedtime struggles are so tough to manage! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-from-hell#post-1748840 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 21:24:58 +0000 meredithNYC 1748840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: I'm sure you are in good company here! Toddler antics are no joke :)</p> <p>I will say that as my daughter gets older I find that I really have to get her "settled" before I expect her to sleep. Like, minimal noise, lights dim, quiet voices, etc. I think they just get so overstimulated/overexcited at very little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-from-hell#post-1748836 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 21:20:34 +0000 mrsjazz 1748836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: We stopped using gates because she tries to climb them. We don't want to lock her in her room but we need her to stop coming out. I'm clueless. We are being beat by a 2-year-old.</p> <p>She has a night light but no lovely. We have tried to get her to take one but she insists on using my armpits as her comfort object which I only allow when I'm at my wits end. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-from-hell#post-1748829 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 21:16:09 +0000 meredithNYC 1748829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm... my 2 year old is still in the crib, so no real advice about escaping, but are you opposed to a gate in her doorway?</p> <p>As for the unwillingness to sleep, does she have blackout blinds, a lovey, nightlight, other sleep comfort things? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-from-hell#post-1748823 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 21:09:35 +0000 mrsjazz 1748823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 2. She has stopped taking naps or if she does want to take a nap it's at 4 or 5. She can sleep for 15-20 minutes and be completely reenergized. Her bedtime sleep sucks. Her bedtime is 8:30 but since she hasn't been napping we try to put her to sleep earlier. She ends up falling asleep ay 9:30/10 after major fighting. More stories, water, getting out of bed. She knows how to open her door and come out. I got her to finally go to sleep by staying in the room with her and letting her fall asleep in my arms.</p> <p>She will nap for me on the weekends and for babysitters but not for Daddy during the day. Sleeping from 10 to 7 doesn't seem like enough sleep.</p> <p>Help! </p>