22 month old sleeping habits

When hes tired, I generally put him down. Sometimes for a nap, even though tired, he still plays around a bit in his room then goes eventually get to sleep. We didn't sleep train much but did move him into his room at 6 months or so. He now associates that room with sleep and if he genuinely isn't tired, he'll bang on the door and we just open it. Hes got a mattress on the floor so he can move independently Associating the room with sleep, also leaving a cup of water and some toys etc has really helped us with the sleeping as he is in his sleeping bag ready, but if he isn't wanting to sleep just yet, he'll get out and play around until he makes his way back to his mattress - as its on the floor, it's safe for him to move around as he needs and thats really helped him

We did sleep training back when our boy was around 9/10 months old. I understand it’s not for everyone but it worked for us and him. Since then, his bedtime routine has remained the complete same (except bedtime changes of course - used to be 6/6.30 and now it’s 7.30/8) We have dinner then bath then read books then bottle and then bed (he’s still in a cot) We have obviously experienced issues along the way with regressions and being poorly etc but for the most part he knows exactly what the evening entails. If there are any nights he struggles we do pop ins to remind him that we are always there but we are always encouraging him lightly to lay down and close his eyes. In my opinion - based entirely on just my experience with my son - routine is key. Also ensuring that the few hours after nursery pick up or the time between waking from him nap and going back down to bed we are filling up his love cup. Ensuring he feels safe and loved and that mummy and daddy are there for him always x

Pop her in bed, say good night and leave the room, she has white noise on and is usually asleep within 5-20 mins depending on the night. We’re moving her to a proper bed soon so could all change x

Yeah some days we have to lay with our son for an hour to get him to sleep and again during the night if he wakes till we can move away. It’s not ideal but I personally don’t like the idea of sleep training. We tried leaving him to cry for 10 minutes it work for a few week then he got poorly and he’s never got back there since. I know as hard as it is now and it’s hard as I’m pregnant again too he’s sleep will some day improve. We have started to limit his nap to 1hr up by 3pm to see if this helps. Today he refused to nap at nursery and he fell asleep while drinking his milk before bed. I don’t think he’s fully ready to drop a nap but I’m don’t think we are far off it either. We’re have always had issue around getting him to nap at home. Most of the time it end up being a car nap just for easy and no fight.

She has one nap a day, normally around noon, sometimes a little earlier or later. She shows obvious signs of tiredness - stops running and playing, wants to sit on my lap and rubs her nose (she’s always rubbed her nose when tired from being a newborn). She naps on me, we cuddle on the sofa, and she has between an hour and an hour and 45 minutes. At night we lie in my bed, we talk about our day for a little while and cuddle, I have a little speech almost of things I tell her every night, that I’ve done from her being newborn, so she knows it’s bedtime (although if husband is putting her to bed he doesn’t do this and she still sleeps). She takes about 10 minutes to fall asleep and I put her in her cot after maybe 30 minutes. I could transfer her quicker but I enjoy laying there with her. However, we seem to have gone backwards, when she was a newborn she would only ever nap and sleep on her own, in her cot. She started wanting to nap and sleep like this when she was around 1.

Just lay down next to him and watch him fall to sleep. Takes 15 mins. At nap, I read a book until he falls asleep if we are at home, take a few mins. Making sure they are tired enough to sleep definitely helps, if it took an hour for my son to- it would definitely mean he isn’t tired enough (but all toddlers are different!)

22 month old too! Milk in a straw cup with a bedtime story on a chair next to her floor bed. My little girl eventually says bed or pillow then climbs in and lies down, I hold her hand and she falls to sleep. Only two months ago she was breastfeeding to sleep, feeding 4-12 times a night and co-sleeping, never slept in a cot either! Now she sleeps in her own room in a floor bed and has stopped breastfeeding all together x