Anyone’s 2 year old still sleep terribly?

[BiscuitLover3678]

We get him in his own bed which takes ages. Then he wakes once or twice within that same hour he’s down. He keeps on waking after that. Finally when he wakes again I bring him into our bed around 11 as I’m sick of getting up and down (bad habits I know but I’m so tired). And then he feeds in the night which I am trying to reduce but he kicks up such a fuss it is awful.

He is so energetic during the day. Luckily we have nursery but it never feels like a lot!

We were planning on TTC (and technically are) but I’m starting to worry I won’t be able to cope with a second, which is making me really sad.

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No advice but solidarity! My just turned 2 year old has started sleeping better but we've hit another bad patch this week and it's just gruelling. How do you feel about the feeding? Would you like to wean? It won't necessarily help the sleeping but may make you feel less touched out. Xx

I’m definitely up for weaning although a part of me still feels bad about it. I think I’m going to keep trying to reduce the feeds and see if it keeps him going longer in the night.

How is your lo?

Solidarity OP. It's gotten better for us in the last few months but DS (25 months) still wakes up at 4am to get into our bed, 5am demanding milk and 6am demanding milk (I only give it once; try to hold off until 6am but sometimes I'm too knackered to say no).

@LuckyWithMyLot

Solidarity OP. It's gotten better for us in the last few months but DS (25 months) still wakes up at 4am to get into our bed, 5am demanding milk and 6am demanding milk (I only give it once; try to hold off until 6am but sometimes I'm too knackered to say no).

Do you think anything helped?

I had to go cold turkey in the end, but it actually went really well. I put plasters over my boobs and said they're broken so no milk, but he could still cuddle /hold a boob if he wants. He was a bit upset the first bed time but nothing even close to what we'd expected. And after that he was fine. He lays down on his bed and we have a cuddle and he drifts off now.

It's still very random with his sleep though. We get the odd wonderful 11 hours straight through, the gruelling 3 wakes a night plus an early start and everything in between!!

No idea, but Ds is 2 in a few months. He still doesn’t sleep great. Takes around an hour to fall asleep, then sleeps maybe 9-6am with at least one wake and often joins us from 5am.
I stopped feeding at 18 months so he isn’t waking for milk either.
He’s super active all day and eats loads

Nothing we specifically did helped, I think it was just him getting older.

Also when I stopped BF on demand and offered a hug instead, I was surprised he agreed most of the time and seemed to wake a little less after that

Yep. Just like our house except in the summer she slept through for a few weeks.

@Caspianberg

No idea, but Ds is 2 in a few months. He still doesn’t sleep great. Takes around an hour to fall asleep, then sleeps maybe 9-6am with at least one wake and often joins us from 5am. I stopped feeding at 18 months so he isn’t waking for milk either. He’s super active all day and eats loads

One wake would be the dream for me!

I'm still muddling through at 26 months.

Stopped night feeding unless ill which he accepted well. Last two nights he's slept in his bed till around 1am and climbs in with us and sleeps until 6/6.30. If we try to get him back into his bed it's more wakings. I dunno how to stop this. He wants to be with us, so trying to do 50/50 but DH is against it. I just want sleep. This is the best sleep we get. 🤷‍♀️ I've just given up for now.

With the feeding I started saying no it's night time or has the alarm gone off? And he's accepted this really well.

It didn't really help his sleep I don't think, he was getting better before I decided to wean, it just reduced me feeling stressed /touched out.

@BiscuitLover3678 - 1 wake is average now, but some nights still 2-3 times. 0-14 months he woke every 45mins!

Last night I think 8.45pm sleep, woke 1am (dh settled), woke 3.30am ( I settled), woke 6.30am. Night before slept 9-4am then ended up in our bed 4-6.30am.

I’m hoping it’s just time needed