2 yr-old standing up in the crib, not settling at sleep times

[October]

Hi,

My 2 yr-old DS is normally a good sleeper but since pre-school in September his sleep has gone way off track. He's had about 4 viruses and now has penicillin for a mild ear infection.

He goes down (seemingly) then moans out and we go in and say it bubbies time. We repeat this over a 1 hr period sometimes and it can happens more than once a night.

Trouble is DH and I are getting sick too and worn out ! Our 9 mth-old is also getting woken up.We've tried leaving him and he swould fuss/moan for hrs ON HIS FEET !

Could he really be O/T ? He naps 1-3pm most day and is in bed (to curb the increasing O/T) by 7.30pm (asleep). A teacher at pre-school just suggested moving bedtimes to 9pm ! Whilst I don't think that is our fix maybe a shorter nap could be ?

Any ideas ? This is probably the toughest time we've had since DD came along................

Booo hoo.

Deb 

[October]

I'm bumping this up. Maybe I didn't sound desperate in my header but believe you me I only come on here and ask for help these days when it's really bad......................................... 

[Aly Mac]

Hi Deb

Lilly started having trouble going down for naps and then waking early in the morning the last month or so.  I cut her nap to 1.5hr now, with normal bedtime (sorry, 7.30 is the latest for her), with a 6.30 wake up. Not exactly your prob, but some ideas. 

I would try putting him down a little earlier for his nap and bed.  just to give some more wind down time, just the 2 of you if you can.

xxx

[October]

Thanks Aleesa !

We've got major constraints on his nap time unfortunately as he goes to pre-school till 12 and I can't get him in his crib before 12.30pm earliest. I know he's gotta be O/T but my BW girls are also telling me he may have SA. We moved in July (locally but it was a big move for Bubba), he started school in Sept and his sister is now crawling (she desperately wants to catch up and play with him already !) so he (being sensitive) has a ton to deal with. I do want to try a shorter nap when he's not so tired but he does love his sleep our boy I did too as a baby apparently)......

We're going to try a different approach by going in a sitting in the room but not laying him down/interacting as he's so attached to that now.

We just do what we can right ? The key for us is not waking Pasha as she's in the room next door and has elephant ears for her brother's cries............. EYEROLL please !

Take care Sweetie
Deb xxx 

[marcimommy]

DS does this too. It started a few months ago. some nights he goes down easier and some nights it can take up to 45 min of WI/PD/WO. Sometimes I don't PD just tell him to lay down and he does immediately. Sometimes he doesn't even stand up just kneels up but keeps fussing and calling for me. I know it's OT but we can't seem to beat it. UGH this too shall pass. We also get EW's and that makes it even worse LOL He has been in daycare since he was 5 months old so he's used to it and he naps well there. the only problem I see with that is that all the kids sleep in the same room with the teacher between them. so I think DS has SA and doesn't like to be left alone.