2 year old still doesn’t sleep through

[Mummalovesyou]

My little boy turned 2 in July and still wakes up every night without fail. He doesn’t nap in the day time anymore, he refuses to but even if he does nap, it’s the same, still doesn’t sleep through. Thought it was cos he was cold so we bought him a sleeping bag, nope it’s 2.03 and he’s been awake since 1. Offered him water, milk, juice. I’m at the end of my tether. I can’t leave him to winge and cry cos I’ve got 2 other kids who will be woken up.

I try giving him cuddles, he just wants to bounce on my bed, I’ve cuddled him before till he goes to sleep, I’ve fallen asleep so woke up and put him in his cot, bam wide awake.

we do enough activities in the day time so I’m not really sure what’s going on. He’s so clingy aswell in the day time I cant even wee without him by my side which is lovely but I’m running on empty 😢 I literally do not get a break at all and lack of sleep doesn’t help.

Has anyone got any advice at all please ?
I literally googled it it was possible to die from tiredness 😂

thank you!

Some kids do not sleep through the night until much older. It's not your fault. Some people never sleep straight through.

Many families switch to sharing a room to make it less disruptive, or put a second bed in his room and one of you go in there when he wakes. All you can do is just stay quiet, no lights or anything. Unfortunately you can't make people sleep!

Try and push him bedtime back by 15 mins and see if that works? Maybe he needs more sleep pressure to stay asleep

We had this until both my boys were about 4 plus. Every single night. Then one day it switches and the issue becomes waking them up.
I feel your pain, nothing worked for us other than....... no nothing sorry.

It sounds like you're engaging. I would just be silent. Take him back to bed. So it repeatedly until he is settled.

That's the answer I always got. But mine both didn't sleep through until 3 and a half.

Avoid giving juice ever he should only have water. Does he wake because of a wet nappy? Just keep the lights off go to him don't let him come to you, also 2 is still very young he probably needs a cuddle.

He’s still in with us, next to our bed.
he eventually went back to sleep at 3, to wake up again at 5! he’s obviously tired in the day time but no matter what I do, he will not nap in the day time either and then by half 5/6 he’s struggling to stay awake so I push him out till atleast 6.30-6.45.

Ive tried 7 but then he’s so overtired he cries for ages and refuses to sleep so I can’t even push it back even more.
Ive got two older children and they were great sleepers, it doesn’t help he’s a shoddy eater too!

He’s still in his cot so he can’t get out anyway.
I change his nappy when he wakes up in the night, he sleeps worse now then when he was a newborn 😩

Totally, utterly and completely normal.
Also totally utterly and completely shit for the parent doing the wakings!

Would he be sharing with a sibling if he wasn't in with you? If he would be I his own room, you could try moving him out, and seeing if you are disturbing him as much as he is disturbing you. Harder if he would be sharing.

Yes he’d be sharing with his older brother otherwise we would have moved him into there already. It’s bad enough us having to be awake for it, I don’t want my other son being woken up aswell.

honestly I’ve forgotten what it feels like to have a full nights sleep 🙄