Brittany - posted on 08/17/2012 ( 2 moms have responded )
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So my daughter is 2 years old now and still don't sleep through the night.I have tried letting her play for hours outside before our bedtime routine and making naptime shorter. What can I do to make her sleep at night?
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Mhairi - posted on 08/26/2012
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Ok, my Murrin never slept a night through until she was about 5. Even now she still wakes up. This is what I have learned from my own experience and my mum - who is baby person.
1 - Get rid of her nap, if she is tired, she may fall asleep here or there. But if yours is like mine there is no off switch. She is go from 6 am.
2- Get a bed time routine established, so that there's dinner, playtime, and (most importantly) quiet time before bed. For quiet time, we watch a movie while my girls snuggle with me, play a board game, colour, bathtime anything that is calm.
3- about 1/2 to hour before bed is quiet time and they are in their pjs. So them 15 mins beofre bed brush your teeth, bathroom break, storytime, a wee song, and then bottle (for toddler) and bed.
Both my girls are horrible sleepers, so I make bed time as BORING as possible. When I say it's bed time - it goes away and that's it. If they get up, I pull a super nanny- the first time I say goodnight and I love you, from then I quietly put them back to bed no matter how long it takes. With my youngest it took her over an hour a couple of nights until she finally got I meant business.
However, with Murrin- I realized as a baby I made it a habit for her to wake up every 2 hours for a bottle- so with my youngest I let her cry it out. I know this sounds harsh- but I recognized her cries and if it sounded bad I would go in. ( I am not a furber person). But I know when I made a routine for bed both girls really liked it and started sleeping longer through the night. I hope this helps.
Beth - posted on 08/18/2012
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Make sure that you have a good routine with her (day, bedtime etc). I would look at getting rid of her daytime nap altogether (as a regular thing) so that she is just sleeping at night time. It will be hard going, but as she learns to cope with it, hopefully she'll start sleeping all night for you instead.
Apart from making any adjustments to her routine and nap, I can't think of any more good ideas. Making sure that she's worn out as well will help as well.
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