https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 07:31:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956959 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:02:09 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1956959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abmamma: it could definitely be part of it. We have been doing motrin but it seems to not be doing the trick...we can't feel them yet but LO is a notoriously slow teether so it's very possible. He is los really prone to sleep disruptions during big milestone changes....so we have that going against us too haha. Glad to hear things got better for you guys! I guess my biggest fear is that I will create bad habits that will make things harder when the new baby is here in February, but we just need to make it through the next couple months I guess! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956793 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:09:11 +0000 abmamma 1956793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: any chance he might also be getting his 2 year molars? My DD is 27 months but we had a really miserable summer with her, sleepwise (so from about 20-25 months, maybe longer). We faced a lot of what you describe and tried practically every trick in the book to try and solve the problem. I think part of it was just a phase she was in (seems like a lot of toddlers go through a bad sleep phase around that age--she is definitely a lot more verbal than she was previously so some of it may be developmental) plus it being lighter later/earlier in the summer. BUT she did start sleeping SIGNIFICANTLY better once all her 2 year molars finished coming through. Even though we gave her motrin/tylenol before bed quite often (more than I care to admit), I think it was a big contributing factor. Hang in there-- I am sure it is 10x harder when you are pregnant! I hope you all get some sleep soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956743 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 13:07:23 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1956743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: definity nobody up at that time....He has pretty loud white noise in his room so I don't know about birds. Maybe cold? But it's pretty comfortable in the house and he runs pretty hot. Sigh. I have no idea. </p> <p>So he just took a 1.5 hour nap from 10:30-12. Literally on the dot. I can predict it like clockwork. Except this time when I went to get him he had pooped. As if I don't have enough battles to fight right now. He is clearly still exhausted and screamed uncontrollably for 30 minutes until I broke down and got out a new toy I had been saving for christmas. Desperate times.....I miss my happy boy :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956737 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:58:02 +0000 Kemma 1956737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: do you think there might be something that's waking your LO up that early? Is he cold, are the birds chirping or is somebody going to work that early? Would he go back to sleep in your room / bed? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956684 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:39:45 +0000 winniebee 1956684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: i would just try giving him an earlier nap day if he wakes at 430 give him the nap at 1030 and do your routine but let him cry. And then do the same at bedtime. It might not be the spoliation but it think sticking with the same schedule for awhile might help. Also maybe introduce a night light like twilight turtle or something? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956671 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:28:15 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1956671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: You're probably right... What do I do if he is overtired to the point that he can't fall asleep when the correct time rolls around? That's what has messed us up so badly in the first place :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956670 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:25:56 +0000 winniebee 1956670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My suggestion would be to pick your routine and just stick with it for a few weeks. If 7pm is his best bed time put him down at 7 and do the one nap at whatever time he usually has his nap. My guess is at 20m even if he is in a bad sleep cycle he probably just needs one nap and giving him 2 is perpetuating the weird sleep cycle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956669 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:25:48 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1956669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Veggiemama: I'm pretty sure I have cried more in the last month out of pure exhaustion and frustration than ever in my life. I'm sure the pregnancy hormones don't help haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956665 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:16:41 +0000 Veggiemama 1956665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: seriously, I thought I was losing my mind (especially because he had just started sttn a few months prior) it was a miracle when he was back to a normal schedule! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956664 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:15:09 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1956664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Veggiemama: This makes me feel so much better &lt;3 </p> <p>@Mrs. Deer: Maybe we will get one and set it at 5....then at least he will start to see that we don't open the door until it turns green? Gah, I don't know. It was easier when he was a newborn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956663 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:14:58 +0000 Veggiemama 1956663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh and thankfully this year we only had one day of early wake-ups and then it was back to the normal schedule! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956661 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:12:17 +0000 Veggiemama 1956661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Daylight savings time was really, really bad for us last year, my youngest (who was 17 m at the time) started waking up at 4:30-4:45 am everyday and it was horrible!!! He was also transitioning to one nap and it just messed everything up. It took about a month for it to work itself out, I know I tried a bunch of things (earlier bedtime, earlier nap, 2 naps, leaving him to play in his crib etc), I don't thing anything worked magically but eventually he was back to sleeping 7p-7a. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956652 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:05:15 +0000 Mrs. Deer 1956652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: I think 20-21 months? It wasn't useful until we had the one nap thing down and had a regular bedtime again (and thus an expected wakeup time). It lights up green and she loves it! Sometimes she wakes up a bit early but knows to wait for her clock, and other times it'll be on a bit before she wakes up and sees it. I definitely recommend it! We have the Onaroo one and got it on Amazon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956614 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 10:33:47 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1956614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Deer: How old was she when she got the alarm clock? I have been thinking about it but I feel like he would have no idea what it is for. It can't hurt though, right? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956613 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 10:32:19 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1956613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: Ugh I remember...im glad you chimed in too. He is currently screaming in his room because it's nap time and he has now gotten used to us doing all of those things because crying at bedtime was so unusual for him. But he has now gotten to where he is waking up around 10pm and won't go back to sleep unless DH lays with him....so I feel like us trying to "help" is making him regress even further. The crying is killing me....mostly because it is so odd for him to cry like that. :( But it is definitely an angry "how dare you not come get me" cry, not a "help, I really need you" cry right now, so he is gonna just have to deal. No more car rides.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956612 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 10:29:17 +0000 Mrs. Deer 1956612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: yeah we moved it in 10 minute increments every few days. Very slowly. Also got her a toddler alarm clock. Once she was stable on one nap the clock was super helpful for morning wakeups </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956608 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 10:26:57 +0000 Mrs. Deer 1956608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: right?? Couldn't be a worse time! Lucy got her act together a few weeks before I delivered thank goodness :/ I'm glad the boys are doing better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956556 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 09:41:38 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1956556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could have written this a couple weeks ago. In fact, I think I did. We are in a much better place now. For us, what has appeared to help was putting them to bed earlier and then letting R cry it out. I read the moms on call section about toddler sleep and just decided he was big enough and healthy enough to cry for however long. It was awful-way longer than we have ever let him cry--but I think after over 2 months of us trying to rock him, drive him, let him sleep on us, etc., he ha developed some ba sleep habits and also was trained that we would eventually come get him if he cried more than a few minutes. I don't know if it was the early bed time/CIO combo or just finally outgrowing this little gem of a sleep regression that finally worked. I really hope that Little Lion will come out of this soon. </p> <p>P.S. Between you, @Mrs. Deer: , and I, I'm left wondering why does this seem to happen to everyone when they're pregnant??? It's just awful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956519 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 09:19:09 +0000 erwoo 1956519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried to gradually move his bed time rather than suddenly moving it to a later time? For example, if he goes to sleep at 5 PM now, then move it to 5:30, then 6, then 6:30 and so on to his ideal sleeping time. And see if there's any way to cut his naps back down to one gradually as well. I'm sorry you're going through this. Sleep can be so tough sometimes. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956511 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 09:02:43 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1956511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Deer: that makes sense...that may be what we need to try...earlI er first nap and early bedtime until he catches back up. Did you have to move bedtime later gradually to get her to sleep later in the morning? Or did she eventually start waking up later? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956508 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 08:54:41 +0000 Mrs. Deer 1956508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: we were stuck in that cycle for so long too, early bedtime and early wakeups. We stuck with it until she could finally do one nap and then when she was rested enough we were able to move things back. I feel your pain so much though, that was such a hard couple of months for us. I know you've been dealing with this for a long time too. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956487 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 08:06:55 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1956487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Confetti: We already leave him unless he is hysterical. This morning he sat by his door and chatted to himself from 3:45-5:30. He then got really upset and started screaming so I went to get him. But I don't think he ever went back to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956485 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 07:56:26 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1956485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you leave him in his room for quiet time in the morning? And try teaching him that wake time *must* be 5 am (later really but that is a start...). It will at least help your sanity a bit... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956482 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 07:32:48 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1956482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Deer: That sounds like exactly our problem...I think he just needs more sleep than ld....he goes to sleep best with a 3-4 hour wake time after nap....but if he wakes up at 4 that basically means I have to put him to bed at 5. I have no idea how to get bedtime at a normal time again, because if I try to stretch his day out he gets overtired and still wakes up at 4 anyway :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956481 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 07:19:13 +0000 Mrs. Deer 1956481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I finally figured out that our issue was one nap left too long of a stretch before bedtime, and her being overtired meant 4AM wakeups. It took awhile of doing one nap for it to build to that, at first she seemed fine. It sounds like that isn't the case though for you all :( I feel like all our sleep issues resolved themselves over time without me being able to always pinpoint what it was... I so hope his sleep gets better soon and that some others may have some good ideas for you. Hang in there mama! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-help#post-1956474 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 06:58:29 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1956474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is really long but i am really hoping some toddler moms or sleep experts can help me....</p> <p>I am seriously about to lose my mind. My 20 month old has been waking up between 345 and 430 am for the day since daylight savings time. He wakes up happy and wanting to play....leaving him in his room doesnt cause him to go back to sleep, but neither does trying to help him fall back to sleep. </p> <p>Moving bedtime earlier doesn't work...we got to as early as 5 00 pm and he wakes up well rested but still really early. Moving it later doesn't work either. We managed to get in two naps yesterday and put him to bed at 7 and he was still up at 345 today. He needs 2 naps, but won't fall asleep for two naps unless I drive him around in the car (rocking is a disaster...He screams and thrashes to get down). He has started only sleeping for 1.5 hours during his nap instead of his usual 3 and wakes up screaming from that...and then is miserable and cries all afternoon because he is so tired but he wont go back to sleep. He has also started fighting bedtime out of nowhere...He has always gone to sleep on his own within minutes of us tucking him into bed. I have tried leaving him to cry. If he isn't too overtired he will scream for about a minute and then go to his bed and go to sleep, but if he is overtired he will scream for hours if we don't intervene. Most of the time we have to lay next to him now until he is almost asleep...</p> <p>Does anyone have any ideas? Am I missing something? I am so exhausted and so defeated. I feel like I have tried everything. I have no idea what else to do. I hate seeing him so miserable all the time when I know the reason is that he is tired but I can't get him to sleep. :( before this he had been consistently sleeping from about 7pm-6am with one 3 hour nap in the middle of the day. </p>