Can anyone shed some light on our current sleep issues with almost 2yo?

[lessmith23]

DD is 22 mo.  She's never been the best sleeper and I think the most frustrating part is that things will get better for a little while and then regress and DH and I are always at a loss as to what happened and how we can fix it.

Our current issue is not falling asleep at bedtime but staying asleep.  DD goes down easily but wakes either at the 30 minute or 1 hours mark and the only way to get her to re-settle and go back to sleep is if DH or I sleep with her.  If she sleeps with myself or DH she often doesn't wake once the entire night.  This happened when she was smaller but we recently discovered she has some food allergies so we chalked her poor sleep previously up to that.  This time, we have no clue what's going on.

She still needs a nap so we've moved it earlier in the day, no help.  We moved bedtime out slightly to between 7:30 and 8, again no change.  We've tried adjusting our bedtime routine but that doesn't seem to make any difference.

DD has always co-slept with us.  She has her own bed in her own room.  We are fine sleeping with her but we'd like some time in the evening to ourselves to chat, watch some TV etc.  We have our own business so I'm home with her and really need some time to myself in the evenings.

Can anyone shed some light on what the issue could be and possible ways to fix it?  We've always been really attentive to DD at night, never let her cry and try to be a patient as we can since we understand she's not doing this on purpose but I'm starting to have a hard time keeping my frustration in check.

I would really appreciate any advice.  TIA.

[FiveLittleMonkeys]

My DS is 23 months (today!) and we have the same issue.  He goes down very easily most nights, but will wake up an hour or so later, and want to come into bed with me.  Sometimes, I can get him to settle back down in his bed, but that is very rare - and to be honest, it's just easier to bring him into bed.

Lately, there have been a few nights that DS has slept until 5 or 6 am in his crib, which really surprised me!  But I honestly don't know what happened to make him do that....

When my DH is home, he can settle DS much better than I can.  I don't know what his magic is, but I'm looking forward to him being here to work it - he's been out of the country for the last few months, and has another month to go.  I wish I had better advice to give you!!  I'll be watching this thread too!

[elisheva]

teething? 2 year molars take a LOONNGGG time to come in. When my last two had frequent night-wakings right around the 2 year mark, it was due to mouth pain. Cue pain reliever/homeopathic remedy/etc of choice.