https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:59:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-routine-when-your-toddler-has-a-terrible-night-of-sleep#post-2066956 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:57:37 +0000 autumnlove 2066956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: Awww E! &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-routine-when-your-toddler-has-a-terrible-night-of-sleep#post-2066377 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:21:24 +0000 HLK208 2066377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: E! She's a cuddler. B will squirm and kick us throughout the entire night though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-routine-when-your-toddler-has-a-terrible-night-of-sleep#post-2065950 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:55:55 +0000 autumnlove 2065950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: e or n? I think LO 2 is making up for lost time and she cannot stay still! :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-routine-when-your-toddler-has-a-terrible-night-of-sleep#post-2065930 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:51:00 +0000 Jess1483 2065930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If there's no hope, I either sleep on his floor with him (but my pregnant body is starting to object!)--I usually do this when he's vomiting--I don't want that in our bed!, or DH moves to the guest room and I sleep in bed with DS. I don't sleep either way, but at least DH gets good sleep and then he'll get up with him and I can get another 30-45 minutes before DH leaves for work.</p> <p>ETA: It's generally easy enough to get him to go back to sleep now (at just over 2) with talking or a 2-3 minute cry session. He knows the drill. The answer above is more for when he's teething or sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-routine-when-your-toddler-has-a-terrible-night-of-sleep#post-2065925 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:48:58 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 2065925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We find the pacifier, lay him back down (usually under duress), hand him his lovies, and sing (Old MacDonald, of all things). If he's crying really hard or resisting laying back down, we threaten to leave without singing, which he really, really loves -- so usually he calms down. We make an effort not to pick him up or leave the crib, but on a handful of occasions he's gotten to come downstairs, have some milk, and watch 20 minutes of Mickey Mouse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-routine-when-your-toddler-has-a-terrible-night-of-sleep#post-2065906 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:43:00 +0000 Anagram 2065906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well my LO is not typically a great sleeper, and it totally depends on who is getting up with her. I'm more strict and am more likely to just pat her in her crib and then leave and let her cry a bit---but lately I've been sick so my husband has been doing wakeups and his approach is the exact opposite--he always picks her up, rocks her (this gets her excited so then she wants to play), then he ends up making milk for her (sigh) and eventually cosleeping with her in the bed in her room.</p> <p>I'm gonna have to get her sleep under control when I'm feeling better. I see more sleep training in our future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-routine-when-your-toddler-has-a-terrible-night-of-sleep#post-2065873 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:34:49 +0000 Tanjowen 2065873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get up and take him into the guest bedroom. He usually rolls and arounds and chats to me for an hour before passing back out again, but at least one of us is getting sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-routine-when-your-toddler-has-a-terrible-night-of-sleep#post-2065871 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:33:53 +0000 mrbee 2065871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If they were wide awake and there was no hope, I used to redo the whole sleep routine: books, bottle, brushing, etc. If that didn't work, I would push the kids in the stroller outdoors til they passed out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-routine-when-your-toddler-has-a-terrible-night-of-sleep#post-2065867 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:32:27 +0000 HLK208 2065867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will get up with her 3 times before taking her back to our bed! She stays in one place though once she's in our bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-routine-when-your-toddler-has-a-terrible-night-of-sleep#post-2065858 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:30:09 +0000 LuLu Mom 2065858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is sooo familiar, LO has been ending up in our bed several nights out of the week too after waking up scared/crying/ect. DH usually moves to the couch because DD kicks him until he can't stand it. I have a fort of pillows around me these days so she can't really "get" to me in our King size bed. However, we really need to figure out a way to keep her in her bed without a middle of the night meltdown. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-routine-when-your-toddler-has-a-terrible-night-of-sleep#post-2065837 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:21:39 +0000 autumnlove 2065837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO 2 is usually a good sleeper but there are some nights when she wakes up multiple times and screams. Whoever gets LO 2 tries to soothe her in her room but she usually ends up in our bed...ugh! She moves around a lot and usually keeps us up with kicks and hits.</p> <p>I need to clear the junk off our guest bed so we can bring her there so one parent can have good sleep on her bad nights. </p>