Toddler up for hours

[Catdogmouse1]

Please help, my toddler goes to bed like a dream but wakens 5 nights out of 7 and could be up for 3 or 4 hours. She will b 3 in a couple of months. Im currently 18weeks pregnant and getting v little sleep and struggling. She doesnt usually take a nap unless her sleep was particularly bad or shes had a run of 3 or 4 nights which were awful. On the odd night she sleeps through to about 5am which i would happily take every night. Shes usually wakening around 1am and can take until 5am to nodd off- im then up at 6am for work and usually dont get over to sleep again. Then i have to lift her after 7am to get her ready 4 the childminders. I feel ill all the time. Shes never been a great sleeper but its worse atm. Anybody got any tips. Please help!!!!

What time does she go to bed?
Is she hungry? Try giving supper
Is she cold? I would put another blanket on her before you go to bed.
Does she get at least 3 hours of exercise a day?

She has a couple of blankets- will not use her duvet, but has fleecy pjs and fluffy blankets, has a snack b4 bed but can b picky at times. Usually goes down around 7pm- if i can keep her going until then, and she never stops during the day- shes at a wee nursery class 3 days a week and usually out a couple times in the day either with me or childminders. Ive tried all the typical things- sweets cut out, no tv or ipad ... all the stuff i can find online ive tried🤣

This is my toddlers - goes to sleep easily . However randomly wakes up most nights and then is awake and alert . It drives me nuts , I'm struggling with it . @Catdogmouse1 if you find any technique that works - please help !!!

I try and ignore her ,nor and not rush in quickly - just in case there is any chance of her knocking out on her own. However she has never fallen asleep on her own - always screaming mummy wake up!
I have tried adding a white machine - it didn't work , will your little one be okay with that ?

Desperate times!!!

Also I really hope you get some rest - being pregnant is hard enough and adding restless nights must be so tough ( sending you positive sleep vibes )

@Zaalfruit yeah mine is the same, just hollers until i go in. She will settle but within half an hour will shout again so im usually in edge once she wakens up. Just a a loss!!

What are her language skills like? At this age I would probably not be going in to see to my toddler unless he'd been sick or wet the bed. So ignore her until 6am consistently until she realises that it's still nighttime and she needs to sleep. Can you get her one of those special clocks that go from orange to green once it's time to get up? I'm preg too and really feel for you, you must be absolutely shattered :(

Also have you got a partner? If so why aren't they helping?

Thanks 4 reply, shes great at chatting, understands that its bedtime but shes just wide awake- has a groclock- it does diddly squat lol. Her dad helps but im awake at the first peep so doesnt matter if he helps as i waken anyway,- think the years of wakening have left me so restless that its hard 2 sleep now anyway. I try not 2 rush in but she just shouts louder lol. If i didnt have 2 work the next day i could cope much better

Omg this is my child! I'm at my wits end about it. Really hope someone comes on here with the solution!

I was reading that people used 2 get up in the middle of the night, and its an evolutionary thing. This doesnt really help when the modern world dictates we have 2get up in the morning 2 work

My 2yo is exactly the same! Woke up at 2:30 this morning and didn't go back to sleep until 5:30! Absolutely breaks me!

Its awful! But it is oddly comforting 2 know that theres others in the same boat at least

And it’s awake time now .. I have an important meeting at 9 . I’m tired already.

I feel your pain OP. In a similar situation myself. Just in with my dd at the moment since 2am. This happens on average 3-4 times a week.

I've just engaged a sleep consultant as I cant cope any longer. We are exhausted and can never depend on her sleeping and we both have full time demanding jobs and 2 other children.

Its torture. Have had to log everything our daughter eats/drinks/does for 4-5 days and send it over. Even looking at it myself I feel she doesn't eat enough, is probably waking hungry but we are also probably putting her to sleep too late and she is over tired. Meet SC on Friday and see what plan of action they give.

Maybe might be a good idea to log that info for yourself and see if you can pin point any specific reason. Good luck.

We got to 3.45 this morning- i nearly count that as a win lol, i got 5 and a half hours sleep lol

My 2yr old is the same!
Was up at 2:30am this morning and went back to sleep around 5:30am (then our alarm went off at 6am!).
We have a run of a few decent nights then back to this nonsense!
He co-sleeps with us and is still breastfeeding (am in the process of trying to night wean but I don’t think that will change anything!). We can’t just ignore him as he gets so loud he wakes DS1 who has school so we don’t want his sleep disturbed. Nightmare!

Hi I know this is an old post but wondering how you are getting involved? DS has never been a good sleeper then from about 14mo for 6 months he would wake for hours at night 3/4 times a week. We’ve had a good 6 week stint and I thought he was through it but this week has been 3 nights up for 3 hours at a time, wide awake. Then I’ve had to wake him at 7:30 to get out the door. I don’t know what to do I work full time and he’s hard work when he’s home. I feel like I don’t get a break during the day or night!

How you are getting on*

Hey, we are still in the thick of it yet. We usually get 1 good night, then 4 or 5 bad ones. Ive now a wee 10 week old as well who ironically.sleeps better. Its tough feeling tired all the time. 1 day at a time is my way through and taking help when i can get it

Bless you I really feel for you. I hope things get better. Could the sleep consultant not provide any help or advice? X