A lot of young
toddlers wake up at night!
Not exact matches
When she
wakes up from a sound sleep and wanders out looking for me in the
night, I can hardly breathe for how she is all of the girls
at once: she's still my little blue - eyed baby, still my first little
toddler, still the preschooler, still my wee girl with the triangle mouth.
Or it could add a reason that you need to stay in a hotel that won't offend people (baby
wakes up at night,
toddlers need a childproofed space, teenagers have such big feet that there isn't room for everyone in the house anymore, etc.).
It's inevitable:
at some point you're going to be sound asleep, only to be
woken up by your
toddler coming into the bedroom to sleep with you because something scared them
at night.
As a result, they
wake up more than you do and it helps to sleep training
toddler so as to avoid having to
wake up and soothe them back to sleep every time they
wake up at night.
A sleep regression is when a
toddler who is normally a great sleeper suddenly stops sleeping well
at night, refuses to go to sleep, has frequent nighttime awakenings, or
wakes up and will not go back to sleep.
And again, it's completely normal for
toddlers to be
waking up at night.
We only have 2 bedrooms, so the baby was sleeping with the
toddler, and I would run to get her when she made any noise
at night so she wouldn't
wake up the
toddler.
Most babies and even
toddlers have periods when they
wake up at night, so don't forget to take care about yourself regardless of how well your baby sleeps.
Seemingly out of nowhere, your happy, well - rested
toddler starts crying uncontrollably, fussing throughout the day or
waking up again
at night.
Find out what to do when your
toddler is having difficulty falling asleep, frequently
waking up at night, or becoming resistant...
This gets worse when your
toddler sleeps late,
wakes up at night or early morning.
I'm not sure if you are still looking for advice, but I have experience with it... My 8 yr old stayed in the bed with me (and hubby) since day 1, when I got pregnant with my second when he was 16 mths old, we set
up his room with a
toddler bed (he could get out of his playpen since 9 mths un-assisted, and never had a crib) so we made sure it was fun and playful and gave him that option, we also set
up a separate cot beside out bed, so he could be with us still (I was not comfortable being pregnant with a
toddler and hubby in bed then, knowing I would have a baby soon) since I was pregnant I was able to talk about it to him and explain why he was going to have to one day move to his own bed (in our room or his) by the time I had the baby he was starting the
nights in his own bed and if he
woke up he would come into his cot beside our bed... I let him continue like that as long as he wanted, it took time but I did not push him
at all, same with breast feeding I let him make the choice... when I left my hubby (now ex) the boys were both big enough (2 and 4 yrs) for me to be comfortable with them both in bed with me, and I was still nursing my younger one until he was around 3.5 yrs old, so we just had a big bed with us all piled in, I miss those days so much: (so how did I finally get them both out of my bed?
All babies are different and some may continue to
wake up for milk
at night up until they hit the
toddler stage - or beyond!
In order to do so, your
toddler has to know how to soothe himself back to sleep; if he
wakes up at night and is scared because you're not there or because he's afraid of monsters or other imaginary problems, it will be hard for him to drop back off.
And
toddlers who have frequent ear infections tend to
wake up at night when they don't feel well — then continue that pattern when they're on the mend.
Toddlers can usually soothe themselves back to sleep when they
wake up at night, often by talking to themselves and practicing all their new words.
Do you have any alternatives to suggest other than going into them every 2 hours in the
night (particularly as now my son is
at the age where he seems to
wake up completely and is very hard to settle back to sleep) I wrote a post that might have some helpful suggestions for you: http://www.phdinparenting.com/2009/02/28/gentle-baby-and-
toddler-sleep-tips/"rel = «nofollow» > Gentle Baby and
Toddler Sleep Tips.
Your
toddler also may begin
waking up at night, for several reasons.
How would you address the infant's crying
at night waking up your
toddler?
There are many possible reasons a
toddler might
wake up at night and be upset.
What do you do when your
toddler keeps
waking up at night — and you know he's old enough to sleep all the way through?
Is your
toddler taking four - hour power naps during the day but still
waking up at night?
Getting
up at 5:30 am in winter after
waking multiple times a
night to either feed a baby or tend to sick
toddlers was extremely difficult but all that hard work was so worth it.