Anyone else’s toddler struggle with settling down for naps and bed time
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is she in a bed or crib? My daughter is 2 and in a bed. We do her routine and put her to bed. Sometimes she walks/rolls around her bed for 1–1.5hrs but she’s not crying so we leave her. On the rare times that she does cry, one of us will go in and give her another hug and kiss. When we transitioned to a bed from the crib, we put all toys in her closet so all she has in her room at bedtime is books and plushies
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We are going through the same thing since we just transitioned her crib to a toddler bed. It takes about 45 minutes to fully be able to close her bedroom door without her crying and getting out of bed. We have heard that if you keep saying, it's time to go to sleep, you have to lay down over and over again and don't engage in any other way the child will eventually get that there is no reward for continuing to get out of bed. It's exhausting and stressful.
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It’s hard! I get so frustrated because all she wants to do is play and she keeps the same bed time routine we rarely ever sway from it
We followed litte z's sleep help and that has done the trick! Routine for us is actually bath, pj, playtime 10 min(which is generous because it makes them want to get out of bath and go through playtime, book time, some silly light ls off fun, airplane into bed and he is out. They recommend a crib until 3 so we just followed that. Hope that helps!
She’s in a bed but she’s overly clingy she wants Someone to be touching her the whole time she’s trying to fall asleep whether it’s holding her hand or her face. She was will get up and jump around or try to get out of bed and run off. And lately we’ve been waking up to her in our bed in the middle of the night too