2.5 yrs, please tell me how your LO sleeps

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Mine wakes up every night for a cuddle at 3.30am and then for some milk at 5.30 am. If we are lucky she will then go down for another two hours before waking at 7.30 am. Please tell me your LO's sleep habits.

Until 2 - woke many times in the night for feeding (obv went through good/bad phases) but don't think we'd had more that 3 or 4 'sleep throughs'
Just over 2 to 2y4 - slept through about 2 or 3 nights a week, other nights woke once for a quick feed
2y4 (DD arrived) - nightmare
things have gradually improved. He now (at 3) goes to bed by 8 (unless he's napped significantly) and sleeps until 5ish. Maybe once a week he wakes very briefly during the night (usually for reassurance - never more than 5 mins) and another day he might wake at 4.30 thinking it's morning. So nice to finally have consistency!!

gawd - I am so tired - just want a decent night's sleep!
My mother takes her every now and again just so I get 8 hours! sleep deprivation is tough isn't it...

yes
What happens when she's with your mum?
Do you co sleep?

My DD is 3.5 and wakes at least once a night and sometimes 5..or she wakes wanting to play for hours, she has SN and is more like a 2 year old though!

She wakes up there too! She does come in with us at 5.30 am, but she she sleeps better on her own in her own bed. She doesn't like the weight of our duvet really, sleeps across the pillows and kicks us in the head! Little tyke . I have never left her to cry (whinge a bit yes, not crying though) would really go against my principles tbh although I understand it works for other people.
I just wonder when it is ever going to end!

DD (22 months old) still wakes once a night for a bottle - anytime from midnight to 7am, but generally once she has her bottle she sleeps until at least 7:30am.

At 2.4 we are into a 7pm until 6m routine but I much preferred when she woke for a feed and then splet until after 7, the early starts kill me. She hasn't had an official nap for about a year though, and rarely drops off at all i the dy now though.

my dd just turned 2 last week, can wake anything from 3 to 5 times a night wanting to feed, if she doesn't sleep during the day she gets up 5ish in the morning, if she sleeps, she can stay up till early hours of the morning. A few months ago she slept 7 pm to 6 am every night. Just remember nothing in a kids life lasts forever even sleepless nights.

Dd is 2.5 and goes to sleep about 7.30, usually wakes up between 6.30-7 am. Sometimes wakes up in night but almost always goes back to sleep by herself.

She is just starting to drop her daytime sleep, if she still has it she goes to sleep a little later and wakes up a little earlier.

My DD (2.6) went through a little phase of waking up at 3:15am for a cuddle nearly every night at about 2.2 years old after having slept through, in her own room, for ages. I got so tired that I ended up brining her into my bed every night. Big mistake!! She now sleeps in my bed every night and we don't even bother to pretend that she'll in her bed. I just get put her to bed in my bed, with pillows to stop her falling out. Now, she usually sleeps through from about 7:30pm to 6:30am. I wish she'd sleep for longer as I am not a morning person!

ds is 2.1 and sleeps through from 6pm to 7am.

sometimes he wakes up but it's a rare occasion.

he hasn't had had night feeds since.....goodness, i can't even remember it's been so long and he dropped his naps at 15mo.

could you try substituting the 5.30 milk with water and then maybe she won't wake for her expected early breakfast.

dd1 is 2.5 she goes to bed at 7 and you can hear her reading/singing to herself for a while.

Usually wakes up 7 ish but can be more 6ish or towards 8.

She sleeps in the day for a few hours most days and if she doesn't her nightime sleep is worse.

Never been keen on sleeping in our bed..Will watch cartoons in there for about half an hour if we're desperate though!

ps- before you accuse me of being mrs smug sleeping child- dd2 didnt sleep through until 10 months due to her severe excema and that was after wet wrapping her. At 18 mo she generally sleeps all night but is keen on a 530 am start. I'm not..

down at 7.30ish after lengthy books / stories / songs routine

wakes in the night perhaps 4 times a week any time between midnight and 5am but goes straight back down after reassurance

up between 6 and 7 (any earlier is treated as a night waking)

she has about an hour nap after lunch

Thanks for your replies, it seems like we are not alone which is some consolation .

Hi

DD 2.2yrs sleeps from 7:30 to 7:00am give or take an hour either way. She also has an hour nap during the day after lunch. I know she likes her sleep but we've always put her to bed with a drink of milk which is usually drunk. Maybe that might help her drop the early bottle, or could you change it to juice which you could leave by her bed which she could get herself in the morning?

My DD also has a dummy which may or may not make a difference. GL

Interested to read that a new sibling seems to affect sleeping patterns though, dc2 is due when dd will be 2.4yrs. The cot has just gone up in the nursery and its really upset dd.

DD, 2.4, sleeps 8pm - 7am after one story.

Never wakes. Rarely naps in the day.

DS (2.3) usually goes to bed between 8:30 and 9. I have never yet managed to get him to sleep much before 8:30 without him waking again about 30 mins later, which means he has taken the edge off his tiredness and won't go back to sleep for hours, so I have given up. If he goes down after 8:30 he will usually stay asleep most of the night. He has recently started having "interesting" dreams which wake him and he gets out of bed to find me.
He usually wakes around 8am, which suits us both fine.

DD 2.2

Nap 1-1.5hrs

Sleeps 8:30 - 6:30 NORMALLY but this is a new and exciting event!! No "sleep throughs" till around 23mths

I know I need to drop the nap but I do look forward to it so much

And when I am at work I am barely in the door before 6 so a 7pm bedtime makes me feel a bit sad!

Ds, 2.3 naps for about an hour a day.

Goes to bed at 730, but I have to lie next to him to get him off - normally out by 8pm. Normal wake up time is 630/7am.

He CAN sleep through, but prefers not to. Often wakes at 11-ish, and will only settle if I lie next to him. Gen ok after this, but we still get the odd night from hell where he wakes up at 11 all wide awake and wanting to play - grrr.

I always thought he'd definitely be sleeping through by now - good thing I didn't know he wouldn't be, as it would have killed me.

Dd is 2yrs 8mths

She goes to bed each night at around 7.30 after a bath and story.

She goes to sleep beautifully and will stay in her own bed till the small hours.

She doesn't wake for milk and hasn't done since she weaned at around 17months ...she wakes for everything bloody else though (drink/cuddle/dummy/blanket etc)

She usually gets into our bed at some point throughout the small hours but can generally be persuaded to get back into her own bed for a couple of hours.

She gets into bed with me and dh at around 4ish about an hour before dh gets up for work. She could possibly be persuaded to get back into her own bed at that point but tbh I don't find it a problem at that time and it's easier just to let her sleep with us. I actually quite like it

Hi Plonker, I like it too to be honest, but just wish it wasn't every night. There is that point at 4.30 when they are lying next to you chattering and you wonder, 'will i ever get to sleep again, or is this it for the day.'

Much envy to the mummies with sleeping children tho...

Thanks for all of your replies - much appreciated
x

My ds (2.7) goes to bed at 7pm and wakes anywhere from 5:30 til 6am....... yawn. Mustn't complain cos he does sleep through but it's just sooooo early to be getting up to play with him and trying to be patient and enthusiastic about things when I just wanna curl up on the sofa..... it's my own fault realy, I should go to bed earlier but I just like to have a few hours to myself in the evening. Only about 6 months ago ds would go to bed at 7pm and not wake til 8 or 9 am..... I soooo miss those days!

Does she have any toys in her cot/bed?

Sometimes when I get up in the night/wake early, I can hear DS reading himself a book (reciting it anyway) or showing teddy how to play with a fire engine, but he never gets out of bed.

In the mornings he sometimes shouts things like 'oh Daddy! Come and play blocks!' but he doesn't get up.

We also leave a sports bottle with water on his bedside table so that he can have a drink when he wakes up.

Maybe you just need some more entertainment options for an early wake up that doesn't involve you