My 2 year old son stays awake until 4 am

[noelley112]

My son is 2 years old and up until about a month and a half to two months ago he was asleep every night by 8pm but now he stays awake until 4 am and I don't know what to do I am going crazy I have a 5 year old who I have to get up with at 6 am to get her ready for school. Nothing has changed he still eats the same things and he has been in his toddler bed since he was 1 1/2. I have tried everything ignoring him, going in his room and putting him back in bed telling him that he needs to go to sleep and going in there not saying a word and putting him back in his. I just don't know what to do I am extremely sleep deprived and I feel like I have lost total control and he is now running the show. PLEASE HELP!!!!

[margypops]

He needs a consistent pattern of sleep, sleeping to 11-12 is not a good idea hes got mixed messages of his sleep times .I would not let him sleep that late , he will adjust if you get him onto a regular pattern . It will be tough to start with as he is all out of sinc I would still ask the doctor about his sleeping I suspect he will say get him onto a sleeping pattern .

[britta33]

I'm in the exact same spot as you. I'm exhausted and after 2 weeks of this I think ill call her doctor! Took away caffeine, sweets,naps. Its so frustrating.

[noelley112]

No he does not sleep alot during the besides the fact that he is up until 4 am and therefor he sleeps until around 11 to 12 but i would feel comfortable waking him up at 7am when he needs sleep he is a toddler and he is not in daycare I am a stay at home mom and absolutely nothing has changed. I know some kids if they take a late nap they will stay up later but 4am is over the top I will be making an appointment with his doctor tomorrow I just want him to be a normal healthy child which he is extremely irritable all the time.

[margypops]

Does he sleep during the day a lot or later in the afternoon, is he at day care as they do sleep a couple of hours there . what happened 2 months ago to make his sleeping pattern change ,