2 year old doesnt sleep through

[JustMe9]

My 2 year old still doesnt sleep through the night. Sometimes he gets up and starts crying and other times get would get up, quietly come to our room and ask me to go to his room for the rest of the night (I sleep in spare bed next to his cot). So really in the last 2 years he hasnt had a single night were he wouldnt wake up. Whats even worse now he started getting up at 5am! I also work full time and it really is exhausting. He goes to bed at 7 or 8pm at night, has a nap during the day at nursery and all seems fine until the night comes and he wakes up 2 or 3 times a night. Please tell me what to do and how to make him sleep....

No advice but following with interest as DS has slept through only once in his entire life (he's 3yo). So I'm here with you in sleep-deprived solidarity

Me too - my two year old ds has slept thru the night a handful of times in his life. Usually wakes at 2/3am and then in bed with us. Would love to break the cycle, but just not quite sue how!
Totally here for any tips I can glean and in solidarity. It’s not fun

Same here
DD rarely sleeps through the night usually wakes around 2am and then comes into our bed and there she is until the morning.
It's partly my fault for not putting her back in her own bed when she goes back to sleep but I'm so tired!
Hopefully someone will have some good advice

Mine didn't either til 2.5 years old. My secret?

I bribed him (sshhhhh) he wanted some toy and was old enough for me to explain that if he got a tick on his chart every day for a week then he would get the longed for toy.

Others call it a reward chart if that makes it more acceptable 😂

In the no cry sleep solution, there's a lovely idea about making a social story book for a small child to encourage them to stay in bed. She says to use photographs of the child going to bed, photographs of mummy and daddy so happy and proud and everyone having lots of fun together and cuddles after a good night's sleep. She suggests reading it together each night before bed. My DS is too little but I've used social stories with children in the course of my work and they're often really effective. Good luck OP!

Ps. This is not good advice! 😉

Same boat. Except we had a glimmer of hope 2 weeks ago. She changed to her 'big girl bed' from cot and we got 5 nights in a row (I kept waking to make sure she was ok obviously) but reverted back to two wake ups afterward 💤

My DS didn't at that age either. He'd get up multiple times per night and come to find me. I tried letting him into my bed but he would still wake up and search for me/call out/thrash around.

Eventually, at about 2 and 3/4, I bought him a lovely "big boy's bed" and promised him chocolate if he'd stay in it all night. Then I bought him a Gro Clock and told him that his really important job is to come and wake me up when the sun comes up. It worked and within a couple of weeks he was reliably sleeping through (and after only a few days, he'd forgotten about the chocolate). For us, it was all about waiting until he understood enough to be convinced.

Same here at 3 years old. Whimper . Although he doesn't get out of bed he's too lazy and smart for that instead he shouts MUMMMMMM really loud until I come to him, anything from 2 to 6 times a night. He doesn't need anything, other than reassurance and goes back to sleep within about 5 minutes, but then I'm awake for ages after the adrenaline rush.

I can remember him sleeping through twice, once was last week on holiday. I woke up multiple times of course

My DS was 2 in May. He's never slept through. In our bed every night from about midnight. He's also rocked to sleep.
I'm a mug!
Too tired to do anything else!