2 year old and sleeping

[Muma11]

Hi guys, im curious on peoples ‘sleep methods’ i would like to know what worked for your 2 year old and how long it took for them to be able to sleep ‘all night’.

I’m asking this as we have a just turned 2 year old who we let get in to a bad habit for a good few months (can’t remeber exactly how many) by letting him come in to our bed when he woke at night as we really needed our sleep! We have mangaged to stop that in the past month (he no longer asks/tries to get into our bed) he does still wake once or twice at night but getting him to get back in to his bed/sleep can be a challenge! Some nights he will go to bed fine on his own others he demand us to stay! I have read so many sleep tips online but im finding them to difficult as it’s the getting him in to his bed a challenge, sometimes we have to bribe him with a bottle as cuddles and kisses just don’t do it as much anymore! I would really love to hear how other parents tackled this! Thanks :)

DD moved out of my bed and into her own at 20 months. When she woke either DH or I would go and settle her. If it was me then I would often fall asleep and stay the night. It was not until 2.5 that she started sleeping through occasional and not until the dummy fairy came at she stopped needing us at night. Obviously there are still nights when she needs us, she has a cough, needs a wee or for not particularly reason at all but that about once every two weeks now (she’s nearly 3).

We stay with her on a night time until she is asleep.

What’s your problem with your current set up? Snuggling your child is never a bad thing.

That sounds very reassuring! She has done well!

Our 2 year old wakes during the night and usually needs us to stay for him to get back to sleep, we are getting there very slowly, it’s nice to hear that you have done the same and there’s a light at the end of the tunnel!