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2.5 yo, good sleeper - now won't go to sleep....
« on: November 06, 2007, 01:42:49 am »
We are having a big problem with my son, 2.5 yo.  Up until 5 weeks ago he has always been good at going to sleep and sleeping 11 or 12 hours a night. We moved house and the SAME weekend he started climbing out of his cot. We took the side off as I was scared he would hurt himself but since then bedtime is a total disaster. He goes to bed at 7-7.30 then it's up to 2.5 hours of him constantly coming out of his room!!  Once he's finally down he's out for the night but then he's awake anytime from 5am onwards so we have a constantly overtired kid.
Another thing - he also is able to take his sleeping bag off (which he has worn since a few months old) and will do that as soon as we try to put it on, then insists on kicking all his covers off so he's cold when he wakes up! (so maybe we have two issues here).
At first we put it down to the stress of moving home but it's been over a month now. Any advice would be appreciated as it's driving us insane.
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Re: 2.5 yo, good sleeper - now won't go to sleep....
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2007, 06:08:53 am »
Ok first thing sleeping bag,try putting it on inside out. this is what I did when dd discovered how to open hers and once I did it she never got it open again  :)
With regards bedtime make sure you are sticking as close as possible to your old routine, maybe do an extra story or spend an extra few minutes with him lying in bed and have a chat. You could also consider putting a stair gate across the door to stop him coming out. Is the door closed? Can he open it? You just have to keep putting him back with as little conversation and eye contact as possible. Make sure the person who put him to bed is the one who puts him back- tough I know when it goes on for so long but if not it will just become a game.
Also have a look at his daytime routine again. Is he napping? If yes maybe you need to cut it back a bit?
Moving house can be difficult have done it enough times to know and yes it can take a month and more for kids to settle down.
Oh and the 5 am wake up could be down to him being cold as it's apparently the coldest part of the  night.



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Re: 2.5 yo, good sleeper - now won't go to sleep....
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2007, 06:53:03 am »
Thank you very much! Will give it a try tonight....

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Re: 2.5 yo, good sleeper - now won't go to sleep....
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2007, 11:39:56 am »
Sleeping bag problem solved....Now, OK, last  night he went to bed at 6.30, chattered away for 20 mins then fell asleep. He didn't have a nap during the day.  Today he had a late nap (2.30-3.50) for about 1hr 20mins so he didn't go to bed until 7.45..I've just put him back for the 25th (yes really) time...aaargh! I'm on here now as I just nearly lost my temper...i confess i did just slam his door shut...   I won't lock his bedroom door (in fact it's usually ajar) as we live in an earthquake zone (Tokyo)
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Re: 2.5 yo, good sleeper - now won't go to sleep....
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2007, 22:10:52 pm »
Personally if the nap is going to start as late as 2.30pm I would not allow it with my dd or if you do I would let him have a short 45mins nap enough to refresh him. If his nap ends at 3:50pm then he probably won't want to go to bed until close to 9pm so he's just not tired enough to stay in his room.

My 2.5yo also doesn't nap every day but if she's not asleep by 1pm then I let her out of the room & we do bedtime at 6pm (she wakes at 6am)



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