I'm going crazy! I heard a few places that 2 year olds sleep as terrible as newborns, but I thought we had left that stage!!
Since putting Brant in a toddler bed he comes into our room first thing in the morning (around 730) and tells us he's 'ungree' (hungry). Not a huge deal as we can get him to lay with us (or me) for about another 1/2 hour.
But for the last about 2 weeks he's been getting up CONSTANTLY at 3am. Not crying, or frightened or mad or anything. It appears to be out of sheer boredom. He cuddles for a bit and then tries to start playing with Colin! Yeah... it doesn't fly! Then poor Colin spends the next hour and half trying to put him back to sleep, and then of course jumps in the shower so he can go teach seminary! Poor man hasn't had enough sleep in a few weeks. Needless to say I haven't either, but my job is a little less demanding as I can stay in PJs all day if I want. But, it's getting tiresome! I know I would deal with it better if I wasn't pregnant and exhausted all the time, but poor pregnant mommy needs her sleep! I already lay awake in bed for about an hour while LA#2 does somersaults and what not, and then wake up at least once a night to pee and then wait while LA#2 does more wiggling, it's hard to have LA#1 do the same.
We have a bit of a bedtime routine, but for the past 2 weeks, Brant has been going through the motions of bedtime, yawning, rubbing eyes... yada yada yada, but the second we put him down, apparently he's got a ton of energy! I tried (considering he's so 'tired') moving his bedtime back 1/2 hr to catch him yawning and rubbing his eyes, but the same result ensues.
He will get out of bed... over, and over, and over and over and over for about 2 hrs. It get's totally tiring and frustrating as he thinks this is a game.
Then after waking up at 3 and then up by 7, he looks completely exhausted but I can't get him back to sleep!
He complains he's hungry, so I load him up with oatmeal before bed, still complains he's hungry while putting him to bed and wakes up at 3.
I'm at the end of my rope, I can't imagine doing this in July with a new baby AND a stubborn toddler!
Any advice would be appreciated!
P.S. - I feel bad complaining about this because I know I don't have the most sleepless baby out there, but after a year of sleeping through the night and then this? I'm going zombie!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Camilla is the same way sometimes. She was worse before. I read somewhere that if you take them back to bed each time, they don't get the "Reward" of sleeping with mommy and daddy and will eventually stop. At night, I walk her back to her bed as many times as I need to now and she only snuggles in the morning with mommy and daddy. It's helped! It's a lot more work, but after a few nights, it's worth it. Can totally sympathize though! Hope it gets better!
Yeah, I agree with the first comment. I even do it with my older ones too when they get out of bed with some excuse like they are thirsty or their leg hurts or whatever they come up with. The first time I tell them it's bedtime. The second time I don't say anything, I just take them to bed and continue to say nothing each time after that. It is a little work but it works. It didn't take very long before they went straight to sleep after being put to bed the first time. Even now if Jared gets out of bed, I tell him once and he goes to sleep (and you'd think 5 year olds would be easier to put to bed). Hope this helps.
Carter was getting to the point where he would get out of bed every hour. We were sooo tierd from dealing with him, that It was getting to the point where we wouldn't even hear him get up. Next thing I knew he was up at 2am with all the lights on half way through toy story. That freaked me out because he knows how to unlock the door and open it. So finally after about a month of this we went to walmart and got one of those spinny things to put on door knobs so he cant turn the door knob. Ive gotten mixed reactions saying that it is cruel. But I couldnt live with myself if carter ran out in the freezing snow or got hit by a car or something.
Anyways, at first he was totaly offended by the thing. After a few nights though, he got use to it and knew he couldnt get out. Now we dont use it anymore as his habit is broken and he is back to sleeping through the night and going to bed like a good boy.
good luck!
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