Toddler is AWAKE
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Anonymous
| 18 month old went to bed like a dream and then woke up a little after 10 and is awake. We brought him into our bed, took turns laying with him in the extra room, let him cry in his crib until he woke his sister, twice, re-did the bedtime routine. And he is still awake. He’s not complaining unless we put him in his crib. He’s trying to play, wants to run around, tried to run into sisters room. What gives? This is so unusual for him. Any ideas? |
Anonymous
| I’d give some Tylenol then put him to bed-maaayyyybe with a bottle. Don’t give me crap, sleep is important. |
Anonymous
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He doesn’t take bottles anymore and isn’t asking to eat. I thought maybe gas but he was not interested in me bicycling his legs.
Agree that sleep is important, but he didn’t fall asleep or Gide any sign of settling down after 15 min of crying and it took me longer than that to get his sister back to sleep after he woke her. |
Anonymous
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If he isn’t unhappy and doesn’t appear sick, I’d put him in his bed, tell him he should sleep, and then turn out the light. He will play for a bit and then fall asleep. He will be tired tomorrow— plan accordingly and if you have control, have him go down for his nap early.
Probably just a shifting sleep pattern. May need to adjust afternoon nap or bedtime, but wait to see if it’s a one off. Next time, try not to intervene unless he is upset. If he wakes and is playing in bed, don’t go in and definitely don’t remove him from his bed. Just wait it out. |
Anonymous
| It’s a demon, will be gone in a day or two. |
Anonymous
Sorry, I want clear. He is happy and playing with us. We would have kept him in our bed because somehow I’ve developed the ability to sleep through my nose being honked by a kid. But he kept climbing out of bed. He is a screaming terror in his crib. That’s why we went to check on him to begin with. He’s in the other room with his dad now and I can hear he’s still not sleeping. |
Anonymous
This is hilarious and creepy. |
Anonymous
| Yeah put him back in his bed. My experience is if I stay in the room, he'll stay up for hours. If I put him back down and he might fuss for ten minutes, but he'll go back to sleep. |
Anonymous
| I always wonder if people on here have never had a random sleepless night of their own? |
jsmith123
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| how many times does he nap during the day? |
Anonymous
This. Next time when he wakes up, you go in, keep the lights OFF, rub his back and say it's still sleeping time and tell him to lay back down. Then IGNORE unless he is incredibly distressed. If needed, go back in and say "it's still sleeping time" and leave again. |
Anonymous
Maybe take the sister to your room so you can try this? |
Anonymous
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God that's a tough one (and clearly most of the PP haven't thoroughly read the question). I would probably let him CIO for 30 mins (sounds like you're already done that?) and if that didn't work, I'd probably get him up, try some quiet playtime for 45 mins? then redo the bedtime routine and try again, and let him CIO for 30 more mins. I guess if that didn't work, I'd repeat?
You've gotta use your judgment though. You know your kid - if it seems like he's just randomly awake, that's what I'd do, but if at any point I thought he was overtired, I'd probably let him CIO full extinction, even if he wakes your daughter. I mean, at that point, what else can you do? |
Anonymous
| Toddlers are smart. He is really loving all the interaction that you were giving him. Next time just let him figure it out on his own in his crib with no interaction. |
Anonymous
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You shouldn’t have interacted with him. If he’s not upset, why did you go in?
We never went into DD’s room at night unless she was upset. They need to learn that nighttime is for sleeping, not playing. |