Any ideas on getting a 2 year old to sleep through the night?

[Ezzitigger]

Hi, My DS was 2 years old at the beginning of the month and has never slept through the night. Times vary when he wakes(sometimes 1.30, sometimes 4am. Now he has also started to wake at 4am sometimes 5am wanting to get up and play. I dont mind getting up at 6am but I'd just like a good nights sleep. Any ideas anyone, PLEASE!!

What happens when he wakes up - what do you do?

Is he in his own room?

Bed or cot?

Do you know the back to bed routine?

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never averse to bribery and corruption!!

He doesnt get out of bed kitkatqueen just screams until I go in. Yes I posted it more than once by mistake.

no advice but I am interested, my dd is 18months and sleeps through the night most of the time at the moment but in my bed.

I am very lazy and cannot be bothered to sort it out at the moment but I know I need to.

How long is he napping in the day, and is the nap close to bedtime? By that age dd had dropped her nap.

I don't know of any particular strategies for this, but I'd imagine you need to gradually break his habit. Babywhisperer.com offers free advice tailored to your needs. The moderators are experienced mums and give excellent advice.

Hi ezzitigger. Didn't mean to stress you

If he is waking and staying put for whatever reason, but screaming the place down then personally I would consider 2 options.

1stly, He is in the right age range for night terrors. Children who have this can seem to be wide awake but generally are kind of locked in a nightmare and tend to violence and lashing out that nothing will stop.

If this doesn't seem like your sons problem then I would try a combination of pick up put down and disapearing chair routine.

I have had the waking and screaming problem with my daughter, esentially she just did not want to be in bed and asleep she wanted to be in our bed or downstairs or anywhere if it wasn't her bed!!

It was one of the hardest issues we had to resolve with her and probably took 2-3 weeks if pupd / dissapearing chair.

Good luck and I hope you get some sleep soon.

I had wondered whether he was having nightmares as sometimes he cries in his sleep even when in mummys bed. He doesnt seem to be having night terrors as he isnt violent and calms down when I go into him just wants to come in mummys bed.

Then honestly I would persevere with pupd / chair. Some children do suffer from nightmares from an early age, it is distressing but several method can help children to feel more secure in their own beds. This will get better it's just going to take time.

Hi Ezzitigger, I can sympathise only too well. My little boy was also 2 at the start of the month and routinely wakes 2,3 or 4 times in the night screaming for milk, "mummy bed" etc etc. I also have a 6 week old and I'm exhausted! I suspect much of it is attention seeking, and I'm pretty sure he's not having night terrors. I don't think the PUPD / chair methods will work, but I'll see how desperate I get! My next plan is to try the bunny clock, I will let you know if it's successful!