Night wakings at almost 3
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We are having same issue, my husband is currently sitting on his bedroom floor trying to get him to go back to sleep 😂 we also have a 3 week old baby so I do wonder if it’s that or an age thing? He keeps waking up middle of the night asking to play with his toys or watch tv and we have to explain to him it’s still night time 🫠
We have finally got over this, so sending some love as it’s hard! Especially with a baby. We put a lamp in his room and it’s connected to an Alexa timer plug, when the comes on, it’s morning time. But we still several nights (weeks) laying on the bedroom floor. It’s exhausting but they will get over it. We assumed it was jealously on baby bring in our room but sounds like it’s developmental x
Don't have any advice but we are going through the same. I have a 1 year old now and my eldest will be 3 in Jan x
Oh my god misery really does love company! So thankful this seems like a developmental thing, I had scoured peanut and couldn’t find anyone talking about this! I have an amazing husband who has taken on the majority of the night wakings with our eldest but our youngest is now at the point of “sleeping through” until about 5am more often than not (although not always!) so we did have a system where I’d tend to our newborn and he’d tend to our toddler but since our newborns sleep has improved I’ve tried to help out with our toddler but my god it’s rough! He’s got a night light now, but I definitely should’ve got one that told him when it’s morning rather than one that’s on all night as he now gets upset if I turn it off. I just felt awful for him last night because it’s his nursery Christmas party today and he was so looking forward to it but now I think he’ll be too tired and emotional to enjoy it.
I'm so glad I found this post. I was going to post it myself this morning. My almost 3yo is not sleeping at all. Her bed time now is 12-9am. I have to leave to work at 6am. She used to sleep at 9pm to 7am. I feel like my brain might explode. She is also unbelievably aggressive and agitated during the last few hours before bed. She gets no screen time. Just refusing bed time. She sleeps for a good 2hrs at the nursery every afternoon. Parenting is simply too too draining.
My friend had this once they had their second.. they suspected their first could hear the baby and wanted to be up too and then it became a habit.
We’re having a similar issue with our almost three year old, he’s waking once/twice a night and then is up for the day anywhere between 4am and 6am. We also have a six week old baby who he’s taken to really well, however we did wonder if it has unsettled him in some way which is why he’s waking up during the night. Either that or it’s a developmental thing! It’s not easy juggling two lots of sleep needs so I really feel for you! Do you have a partner who can help with some of the wakings or early mornings? Or anyone who could have your toddler overnight so you can get a break?