my 2 yo sleeps much worse these day then when he was a baby. i thought it was supposed to be the other way around.
he slept with us almost since birth. now he is getting too big and twists and turns a lot so we started putting him in a toddler bed which is located right next to ours. it didnt seem like that big of a deal, we'd put him there after he's asleep, then if he woke up and didnt want to be there anymore, we'd take him back.
however, recently sleeping through the night became an issue, even if he sleeps in our bed all night. going to bed became a big deal, too.
it used to be that we'd read 3 books and go to bed after, now he screams and cries and no matter how hard we try to stick to the routine, most days there are tears and pleas and carrying him around the house, and so instead of falling asleep at 8 30- 9 like he used to, falling asleep now stretches to almost 10 on some nights.
on most nights he also wakes up and cries because he wants to go sleep on the recliner in the living room with daddy. why he decided thats his favorite spot, i have no idea. sometimes we'd be able to calm him down and stay in bed, but most nights they head into the living room to sleep on the recliner and i usually wake up at some point to go and take my son back to bed, where he'd sleep for the rest of the night.
im just so tired of this waking up and feel so bad for him crying, and i have no idea what to do and how to fix this. any advice is appreciated.
