LO is 21.5 months old and a very pleasant, easy going kid. She has been having a rough patch with her sleep this week and is super cranky (as are the rest of us!). Her usual day looks like this:
Wake: 7:30AM on weekdays (on weekends, she has wowed us with her amazing ability to sleep in and she sometimes will sleep until 8:30)
Nap: 1:00-3:00PM
Bedtime: 7:30/8:00PM
This week, she has been resisting falling asleep (she lies in bed and talks to herself and can keep this up for hours). The worst night so far was last night - she finally petered out around 10:00PM!?! To top it off, she has been waking very early - this morning she was up at 6:00AM!? So, she is OT, cranky and out of sorts. She is in a dayhome and she has good naps there, which helps.
So, is this the dreaded 2yo sleep regression or is it something else? Do I try to move her BT a bit later with the hope that at least she won't keep herself up even later? I know with my other kids, we had to move bedtime later around age 2, but she is so cranky by dinner time that I keep thinking she needs to catch up on sleep and I am sometimes tempted to put her to bed even earlier than usual, which also doesn't work.
Help please!
