My daughter doesn’t sleep

[Tiredmum2018]

Hi I’m needing some help. I’m really struggling at the minute. My 2 year old daughter is constantly fighting sleep, she sleep about 4 hours (this is very broken, asleep for 1/2 hours and awake for 2/3back to sleep and then repeat) at night and half an hour in the day. She has started taking her pjs and nappy off as soon as she gets in bed in the last couple of weeks too. She is under investigation for autism due to being very behind in her milestones, and not speaking (she babbles but no real words) I know that having autism can cause sleep issues but she is tired and just fighting it every step of the way. Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to try and settle her for abit longer? Or just settle her quicker.

Her night time routine is almost identical every night. Start to wind down about 6pm watch her favourite tv, give her supper and then she has bottle in bed. (We don’t bath her at night because it wakes her up more)

Tia x

TV/blue light before bed isn’t good for sleep.

What time does she get up? Does she nap? Where does she sleep? Cot? Her bed? Your bed? How do you try and get her to sleep? When she wakes what do you do? How much physical exercise does she get (park, soft play, scooting, playing in garden)?

What happens when she wakes

Change the TV for a story,it's advised no blue light an hour before bed. What happens when she wakes up?

@Duracellbunnywannabe

TV/blue light before bed isn’t good for sleep.

What time does she get up? Does she nap? Where does she sleep? Cot? Her bed? Your bed? How do you try and get her to sleep? When she wakes what do you do? How much physical exercise does she get (park, soft play, scooting, playing in garden)?

She goes to bed around 7/7:30 we read a story before I put her in the cot. She first wakes up around 10pm but won't go to sleep until around 9pm. She sleeps in a cot. To get her to sleep I sing to her, cuddle her, sit and just read to her. I don't know what else to do. When I do leave her to try and get herself to sleep that's when she starts taking her clothes and nappy off. When she wakes up it's almost as if she used the sleep as a nap. She just wants to play. Then when you don't get her out of the cot she just screams. Then takes all her bedding off and strips off. She has a 30 minute nap after her lunch. She goes as often as possible to the soft play (she goes to nursery and strands time with relatives due to work commitments of mine and her dads) and the weather where I am doesn't really allow us to go to the park or play outside at the minute as it's raining all the time.

Sorry if you thought I was attacking you, I’m not am just a fellow Mum with children who think sleep is optional!

I would consider getting rid of the nap and having a strict morning wake up time. If my kids napped at that age they won’t go to sleep until 9/10 or keep the nap and move bedtime later. Try to get her to do as much exercise as possible, it might mean removing furniture from your house, try comsic yoga on TV, put the sofa cushions on the floor and jumping on them, running games inside or buy some good waterproof (lidl or amazon caretech).

I have either cuddled or feed to sleep at that age. With DD1 I would lay in bed with her and pretend to go to sleep myself.

@Duracellbunnywannabe

Sorry if you thought I was attacking you, I’m not am just a fellow Mum with children who think sleep is optional!

I would consider getting rid of the nap and having a strict morning wake up time. If my kids napped at that age they won’t go to sleep until 9/10 or keep the nap and move bedtime later. Try to get her to do as much exercise as possible, it might mean removing furniture from your house, try comsic yoga on TV, put the sofa cushions on the floor and jumping on them, running games inside or buy some good waterproof (lidl or amazon caretech).

I have either cuddled or feed to sleep at that age. With DD1 I would lay in bed with her and pretend to go to sleep myself.

Sorry I didn't think you was coming for me at all and didn't mean to make it come across that way either. I was just trying to explain my situation a little more

She's not had nap today and been to the park with her dad and brother. I'm hoping it's made her more tired. She's always awake before I am in the morning and I always get up at 6:45.