What do I do? 😫 how do you get a toddler to sleep?

We do story time, good nights, then dad does their nightly prayers and they go to sleep. I have almost 2 and 3 year old.

They fall asleep on their own once Dad has left the room? That’s what I’m trying to work toward

When you start night weaning there will be wake ups. That is normal.

I started with a floor mattress and just laid down next to my lo to help her fall asleep

She has a floor bed I just can’t get her to sleep in the first place 😞

If my son won't nurse to sleep I have to lay next to him until he falls asleep. Half the time I wake up an hour later so confused 😆 but at least he's asleep. My daughter didn't fall asleep without me laying next to her until she was almost 5.

Yes, but it took them about two to three nights to get used to it without crying or playing. He would go in and talk to them rub backs reassure them then they eventually just knew it was time for bed when he left

My daughter is 3 but for about a year and a half we've had about the same bedtime routine: settle into bed and talk about our day, read 3 books, and then wound machine on and lights out. After lights out I sing a song as I slowly leave the room and close the door. When she turned 3 we started to leave a water cup in her room by her bed too so if she wakes up thirsty she knows she can reach over and grab her cup. It's a leak proof cup with one of those straws that are kinda slow flow. We also just implemented the Hatch so during storytime it plays a little song with a yellow light, then when the light is out it switches to brown noise and a soft red light for the night, before birdsong and a soft green light in the morning, so she has visual and audio cues for what to expect at what time. It's been working very well for us

*SOUND MACHINE. I do NOT use a wound machine on my toddler 😭

Honestly… watching a movie with my husband. I still nurse my 2.5 year old to sleep most nights but since I’m due with baby #2 in 2 months, my husband is trying to take over bedtime for me. My daughter is used to falling asleep while cuddling so it doesn’t feel right for us to leave her in her bed to fall asleep alone yet. Until we find another solution to settle her down at night Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc, and Wall-E are it. We turn the screen brightness down and they snuggle up with her stuffed animals. I really limit her screen time throughout the day in case we feel the need to use it for bed time but thankfully she usually knocks out within the first 20ish minutes of the movie. And it’s nice for me to have that alone time since she won’t fall asleep if I’m in the room. I’m just milkies with legs to her lol

Cuddles and rubbing circles on his chest. It takes a lot longer than nursing to sleep so have to just be persistent with it.

My 21 month old still nurses on a night too but goes to sleep pretty well by himself now but advice I would give is do you have a chair in there? You could try sitting in the room while you leave your daughter in the cot, having you nearby might be enough, eventually increase the distance away from the cot until you can leave the room xx

If you Google the comfort/soothing ladder that shows how to gradually support them to need less support. I now sing to my daughter then cuddle her until she falls asleep (10-15 mins)

Cuddle /lie next to them

When I first stopped nursing my daughter to sleep I would sit next to her and rock her until she fell asleep. From about 19 months she put herself to sleep. I tuck her in, read a story’s say goodnight and leave the room

I think we fed to sleep until she weaned too. We night weaned by my husband doing bedtime solo but she was much younger and it was a lot of tears but they didn’t last. At bedtime now she’s well trained to sleep after three stories and we stay with her until she’s asleep. She has a white noise machine/night light combo on. In the night if she wakes we’d probably lie with her/cuddle until gone off and sneak out or even just stay in and cosleep