My kids are almost 2, and in the last few weeks DS has been taking AGES to fall asleep at night. For months he's babbled to himself for ~10-15 minutes, and we might have to do a loud 'shhh' from outside his door but then he was out. But over the last few weeks he's taking longer and longer. (Tonight it was an hour of babbling.) It's frustrating because a) he doesn't sleep any later if he takes a long time to fall asleep, so he's getting less sleep than usual, b) he shares a room with his sister, who falls asleep quicker and is then woken up by his babbling/chirping/singing, and c) I can't relax till he's asleep!
He wakes up around 6:30, and takes a nap from 12:45-3:05ish (I wake him up – he'd sleep longer but I worry he'd take even longer to fall asleep if I did).
Any thoughts on how to get him to sleep sooner?
(I should note that I've had problems with him settling for bedtime in the past, from time to time - so I know he's either maybe teething? (though he's shown no other sign of teething), or else it's a sign he needs a routine or schedule tweak?)
