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My 2.5 year old won't sleep past 4 am.
by JRREsq, Dec 27, 2008 10:35AM
Hello,
My son is 2.5 and up until about a month ago was a great sleeper--going to sleep on his own, sleeping 12 hours, napping 1.5-2 hours waking up happy. He slept through the night at an early age and has really never had a sleep issues, even through the teething years.
About a month or so ago we went on vacation for a few weeks to a location that had a 3 hour time difference. Because of the limited sleeping arrangement he slept in the same room as my husband and I or his 3 year old sister.
When we have returned he has acted liked he is afraid of his room. We knew this was likely due to his 2 weeks of sleeping with other people. So we patiently would get up with him at night, put him back down, and repeat. It seemed to get better for a few weeks but lately he'll wake up hysterical again! He'll beat his door[we keep it shut or he'll wander] with anything and everything he can find--books, toys, hangers pulled from his closet! We have gated the closet, removed the books and tried to go in and reassure him back to sleep. He'll typically fall back to sleep but only for 30 min-a couple hours and then wakes again in hysterics.
We have seemed to get a solid 4-5 hours in the beginning of the night before it all begins. And despite the night wakings he is up for the DAY at 4am. He goes to bed between 7-8pm--without a fuss. 8 broken hours of sleep for such an active small child seems too little!
We have tried going in, consoling and leaving.
We have tried letting him cry it out.
We have tried taking his pacifier away[that he had still only at night due to the request of his speech therapist for muscle tone issues]
None of the above has worked. [he has his pacifier back]
We are at a loss and willing to try anything as it has been months since any of us has gotten a full nights sleep.
Thank you for any help you can offer.
This discussion is related to 2.5 year old refusing to sleep suddenly in her room at night.
My son is 2.5 and up until about a month ago was a great sleeper--going to sleep on his own, sleeping 12 hours, napping 1.5-2 hours waking up happy. He slept through the night at an early age and has really never had a sleep issues, even through the teething years.
About a month or so ago we went on vacation for a few weeks to a location that had a 3 hour time difference. Because of the limited sleeping arrangement he slept in the same room as my husband and I or his 3 year old sister.
When we have returned he has acted liked he is afraid of his room. We knew this was likely due to his 2 weeks of sleeping with other people. So we patiently would get up with him at night, put him back down, and repeat. It seemed to get better for a few weeks but lately he'll wake up hysterical again! He'll beat his door[we keep it shut or he'll wander] with anything and everything he can find--books, toys, hangers pulled from his closet! We have gated the closet, removed the books and tried to go in and reassure him back to sleep. He'll typically fall back to sleep but only for 30 min-a couple hours and then wakes again in hysterics.
We have seemed to get a solid 4-5 hours in the beginning of the night before it all begins. And despite the night wakings he is up for the DAY at 4am. He goes to bed between 7-8pm--without a fuss. 8 broken hours of sleep for such an active small child seems too little!
We have tried going in, consoling and leaving.
We have tried letting him cry it out.
We have tried taking his pacifier away[that he had still only at night due to the request of his speech therapist for muscle tone issues]
None of the above has worked. [he has his pacifier back]
We are at a loss and willing to try anything as it has been months since any of us has gotten a full nights sleep.
Thank you for any help you can offer.
This discussion is related to 2.5 year old refusing to sleep suddenly in her room at night.
Member Comments (1)
by babygirl6152, Dec 27, 2008 01:52PM
Does he get a nap in the day? You could try withholding that but that is pretty drastic- or try putting him to bed 30 mins later every night for a week then move on to 8- 8:30- 9:00 til he gets back to sleeping toward daylight?
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