My 2 year old is sleeping all day after being up all night

[Lilworthy92]

My 2 year old she goes to bed at 8-8.30 she sleeps for a good few hours and then she wakes and is up all night last night she went to bed fine watched abit of tv with a bottle and her dummy until 3am and she was awake then until 8am I’m so tired and drained because sometime she wakes at 11 and is up until 6am I have 9 year old aswel she sleeps through my youngest but I can’t its draining any help please I don’t know what to do anymore it’s been like this for a week now

It will take a while for you both to adjust. Keep going though, last night was a positive improvement for her. If her wake up time pushes back an hour or two then you’ll be there.

I know I’m only going to have an hr or something so I can sleep tonight hopefully

You’re getting there, OP - well done so far!
I’m a great believer in getting toddlers tired out in the fresh air with lots of exercise, so I used to take mine out for a stiff walk each day, and also encourage running about in the garden chasing a ball. Mine used to love playing in the fallen leaves on a nearby hill, and they fell into bed after their bath and slept like logs. I also restricted tv to half an hour of children’s programmes a day.

I’m trying different things with her at the moment she has a bath every night and she’s always tired after

What sort of things do you do in the daytime?

I think she's going to bed way too late and is overtired. Sleep really does beget sleep. I'd try put her to bed at 7:30. Especially if she was awake the night before, she'll be exhausted. And then quiet dark room if she wakes up, no tv etc.

DD is exhausted and for various reasons, did NOT get to bed early. Instead of passing out within 10 minutes as normal, she was lying in bed half awake for about 45 minutes. It's a symptom of over tiredness.

She goes straight to sleep it’s the fact she wakes up every night

I think she has pushed your own routine out as well, which is why you struggled to sleep. You probably need to make sure you have a relaxing bath before bed too!

I did last night had a bath and came to bed and couldn’t sleep just hoping I sleep tonight

She’s been sleeping really well just lately I’m still kinda struggling to sleep most nights but I’m getting better

You've a 1 year old who presumably goes into the living room on her own and turns on the TV and she spends an hour trashing the room? I've heard it all now.

@almutasakieun from what I've gauged, she's 2 and the TV used to be in her own bedroom

Yes the tv was in her bedroom as was the only thing that helped her at first to sleep

Thanks everyone I took your advice and stuck to it she’s having better night sleeps now I’m very grateful for everyone’s advice and ideas about no tv or toys and limiting her tv time etc just trying to get my routine back in now I’m not staying up as late but still late though