https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:21:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931867 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 04:30:53 +0000 Pumuckl 1931867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: I'm of no help at all but we're totally in the same boat! My rock star sleeper has turned into a non-sleeper. Same thing happening: As long as I hold him, once he wakes up screaming around midnight, he's fine but just CANNOT go back to sleep deep enough for me to put him back in his crib. Whenever I try he screams bloody murder. So usually I just take him to bed with me. I've tried letting him cry but he never stopped so I gave up. Other nights I held him until 1:30am in the morning and then gave up. I'm just glad that letting him sleep in our bed actually does the trick. But oh I so hope it'll be over before baby gets here although I think that the pregnancy might have something to do with it.</p> <p>So sorry for the ramble I cannot offer advice just commiseration. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931861 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 03:43:28 +0000 AprilFool 1931861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>H is the same age and is having crap sleep as well. She was waking really early in the morning, naps were bad etc. The only thing that helps us is an early bed time. Sometimes as early as 5:30. It's ridiculous and makes nights so busy but it was working. She started sleeping 6 -6 again. She was sick last week and had her first night away from us and I feel we are back at square one. 4 am wake up this morning and a 7:30am nap in the car :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931813 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 23:16:35 +0000 Mrs. D 1931813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>following. We just converted her crib to a bed this week and I'm having to stay to keep her in bed until she passes out. I'm glad I'm not the only one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931806 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:58:41 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1931806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wish I had good advice. Colin has never let us rock him or snuggle him to sleep. He's always had to do more of a CIO approach, and we don't deal with a room sharing situation. My gut says separate the boys for a few nights if there is any possible way to take F out of his room without creating too much chaos for him, and then let E relearn to fall asleep on his own/fuss it out. HUGS mama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931798 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:44:16 +0000 mrs. wagon 1931798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: I feel you girl. I had to ditch the toddler sleep training because LMW started throwing up :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931790 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:36:45 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1931790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I think that's where we're headed. I'm just not sure how long to let him go for. He will cry for at least an hour and a half. :bummed: As toddlers, did they have to CIO significantly longer than they did as babies? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931787 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:34:03 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1931787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: I finally got him down tonight, but I'll try sitting by the door tomorrow. I do whisper for him to lay down, but I can't say it too loudly because Finn sleeps in the same room...not that he listens to me and lays down anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931774 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:20:55 +0000 mrs. wagon 1931774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried sitting in view but far away from him? For us it's the doorway, and if she gets up we sternly tell her to lie back down. We keep an rye on the monitor and when she has passed out we leave. </p> <p>Brutal :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931770 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:19:13 +0000 mrbee 1931770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: We went through toddler sleep hell too, with both kids!! We eventually had to sleep train again and that worked., thank goodness!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931765 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:13:32 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1931765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: Maybe I'll try that. I just don't know what to do. He has had ear infections before, but it's not something that he constantly has and he was checked since all this started and there wasn't anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931741 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:45:35 +0000 matador84 1931741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry!!! I think DS did a little something like this around 16 months and I was panicking because I was due in like a month and couldn't be up with two kids!! Bless your heart. Is he prime to ear infections? DS would get them with very few symptoms but they would affect his sleep because he would be laying down. If you want to do a sleep consultant, I really suggest moms on call. I haven't personally used but friends have done consulting. I did read all their books though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931724 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:33:40 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1931724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: thanks. I tied laying beside his crib tonight, and he took that a a cue to play a game wherein he repeatedly dropped his blankets and toys on me, picked them up and repeated the cycle. I guess I'll try rocking again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931290 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:22:38 +0000 swurlygurl 1931290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>L went through this at 21 months! She had always been the BEST sleeper, would tell us when she wanted to go to bed, we could put her down whenever we wanted... then BOOM all of a sudden she HATED going to bed. I don't remember where I read it, but I read that somewhere around that age (between 1.5 and 2) that happens to toddlers, they start missing their parents at bedtime and need the extra attention. They need to know that you have time for them and are able to give them the attention and cuddles that they want. Around that age they start wanting one-on-one time and appreciate extra attention at bedtime. So, DH and I would take turns laying with her/reading to her/cuddling with her for approx an hour every night, and just as we were worried we might have created a really bad falling-asleep habit, she stopped needing us. So, it took about a month of just lots of extra time at night (and not leaving until she was ready for us to leave) until she started falling back into her easy-to-sleep awesomeness.</p> <p>I hope that made sense! Hopefully you can get it figured out before the new baby! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-sleep-what-to-do-here#post-1931246 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:55:45 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1931246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am at my wit's end and really have no idea what to do at this point. I'm so frustrated and exhausted and really, really, really need this sleep issue resolved before the new baby arrives. Help!</p> <p>The boys are just shy of 20 months. For about the last 6 weeks, E has had horrible, horrible sleep. His naps are much shorter. They were about 2+ hours and now a really, really good day is 1.5 hours, but normal is just over an hour. At night, he went from going to sleep on his own with no more than a few minute of fussing to having to be held, rocked, etc. for an extended amount of time. If we leave him in his crib, he'll cry, bounce around, etc. for over an hour and a half, even if he's exhausted. I don't know how much longer he would last, as we've always gone in at that point. Then he wakes up pretty much every night at least once and just can not go back to sleep. Most nights he is happy to lay on us or be held, but he just can't relax into sleep again. Other nights, he's just awake and is content with us but doesn't seem at all interested in sleeping. He has had some molars come in but they are almost in now, and even when we give ibuprofen, Orajel, etc. it seems to make no difference in the sleep issues, plus he doesn't actually seem like he's in pain--no crying, etc. as long as we're holding him. I've had to resort to driving him around multiple times after hours of trying to get him back to sleep because it relaxes him enough to fall asleep and then he'll stay asleep the rest of the night. This has been going on for over 6 weeks, and we had molar hell before that and I just don't know what the heck to do. He's had a well child check in that time period-no ear infections, etc. </p> <p>I'm assuming this is some sort of 18-month regression that's just lingering forever, but I have no idea what to do. Do we try sleep training again? Ride it out? Something I haven't considered? I'm at the point of being tempted to do some kind of sleep consulting because we just can't keep going like this. Please tell me I'm missing something or there's some way to speed up getting to normal. </p> <p>F had some of the same issues, but it was only a couple of weeks, and now he's back to normal. At least they're not both doing this every night!</p> <p>Help, help, help. Please and thank you. </p>