Toddler Sleep
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Topic: Toddler Sleep
Posted By: my2girls
Subject: Toddler Sleep
Date Posted: 09 September 2008 at 8:28am
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Hi there, my DD is almost 2 1/2 years old and went into a big girls bed almost two months ago, however since then she is getting up at 4am, 5am etc the latest she will sleep in 6am.
She has cut out her day sleep pretty much but she still goes to her room for an hour of "rest" time and if she falls asleep its great and if not thats fine too. When she was in a cot she used to wake around 4 or 5 and i would hear her talk for a minute or so and then she would go back to sleep, i think now she is in a bed she just gets up because she "can". Im tempted to put her back into a cot but im not sure if she is too old for that or what to do. Any ideas? I have tried telling her to wait till its light outside etc but nothing seems to work. She comes into our bed when she gets up but doesnt go back to sleep she just talks to herself in there and mucks around. |
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 September 2008 at 7:24pm
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My girls have been waking earlier lately too and I think they are noticing the change of season - lighter and/or warmer in the mornings?
Anyway, if you shut Breanna's bedroom door, can she get out? She is certainly old enough to be able to be told, it's not morning yet, it's still sleep time, and tuck her back into bed. I would be inclined to shut the door on that occasion even if it is usually left open. Just to add a bit of firmness to the instruction. Does she have a doll or anything? Hopefully she can start her chatting and mucking around routine in her own bed, perhaps with her doll. You could try extending her bedtime at night by 1/2 hour to see if that helps, too. -------------  |
Posted By: KiwiWonder
Date Posted: 10 September 2008 at 10:05pm
I think it's a change of season thing too, Z has started waking bright and early at 6am recently from her old standard of 7:30 - quite an adjustment for us! 
However, when she wakes before 7, she's told it's still nighttime and she needs to stay in her room. She can 'read' books, play with her toys, or go back to sleep, but she needs to be in the room. Thankfully she can't open the door herself yet.... when she does.... I don't want to think of it 
Also, a word on bedtime - I actually find, at this age, that they usually wake around the same time regardless, however, sometimes bringing the bedtime forward actually results in a bit more of a sleep-in, backwards as it sounds. I think it falls along the lines of sleep begets sleep - or certainly that an overtired child sleeps less well than a rested one. ------------- Margo |
Posted By: my2girls
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 2:15pm
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Thanks for your replies, unfortunately DD1 can open doors, i have brought some little door handle covers so she cant open her door if i close it, and im going to get a nite lite so she can still see if she does wake up (at the moment her door is open with a nite lite in the hallway for her to see).
Yeh i think you are right about the early bedtime thing. She woke at 5.30 the other day and i was going to put her into bed at 7 but she asked to go at 6.30pm, so we let her and she slept until 7 the following morning! I might try it again tonight and see what happens, she has been up since 6 this morning. |