[LoveChild421]

ds is 17 months old and all of a sudden he just WILL NOT go to sleep- here I am for the 5th night in a row at almost 11pm and he is still not asleep despite my efforts. Our normal routine is wind down with some quiet play/story, bath, nurse to sleep. He usually takes anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour to fall asleep nursing. First he started wanting to switch sides constantly, now he is wanting to crawl off the bed and FIGHTING nursing. So I decided to try letting him just play quietly by himself for a while- he was happy with that- then started crying for me so I took him back to bed and nursed him- he nursed for about 5 minutes and started kicking and wanting to get up. So now he's playing quietly again. He went to bed at 12:00am last night- hopefully tonight won't be more of the same

FYI: he has transitioned from two one hour naps to one two hour nap recently but other than that his sleep habits are the same. Usually he takes his nap from around 2:30-4:30. He doesn't seem to be teething but might be...he just got his molars in a few weeks ago.

Any suggestions would be great! I'm just

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[cutic]

My dd fought going to sleep at night too when she has had too much sleep during the day. That was exactly our problem when she was ready to transition from two naps to one and then from one to none. It may be that your ds needs a later bedtime, even though his daytime sleep in total remained the same, his need for sleep has decreased slightly. I remember when dd was transitioning she would be wide awake really late at night and not ready to sleep at all. We eventually stretched her awake time and she was happier to go down at night but at the later hour.

 

[zksgreen]

DS was doing that, I decided he had too much energy built up to go to sleep. Now we have added an evening stroll right before his nap. He just RUNS!!!!! (oh so much fun) until he is tired, then I carry him home.

 

[LoveChild421]

Thanks! I'm hoping today will go better- I got him up this morning at 8, put him down to an earlier nap (1:30) which he didn't fight at all

and tonight I think I will let him run around outside just before bedtime to see if it's just extra energy.

 

[henhao]

It sounds like that nap is rather late. I think what you did about moving the nap up sounds smart. Let us know how it goes.

 

[msjd123]

Oh wow, I could have written your post exactly, and I, too, have a March 05 baby! My dd's appetite has slowed down a bit in the last 4 weeks or so, too, so I'm wondering if it might be just her growth (and therefore, energy needs) slowing down a little as she gets older. The bedtime struggles are making me absolutley crazy (tonight was the 3rd night for us) so I think we might (very) resignedly move her bedtime back a little. Dh and I will be sacrificing our only alone time, but I figure she's either going to be up and somewhat pleasant or up and furious because she' not tired yet.

 

[3kids2love]

Sheesh, I'm so glad I found this post! My dd is a March 05 babe, as well, and bedtime has been awful lately. Our normal routine is nursing for 10-15 minutes, then she pops off and plays with her feet/talks for a little bit, then goes to sleep. It would usually take 20-30 minutes. Well, lately we've been going more like 45 minutes, today an hour! It's driving me crazy. Her naptime routine has remained normal, we go to bed around 12:30, she nurses for 10 minutes or so and is out cold. She normally sleeps for 1.5 to 2.5 hours. She gets about 10 hours at night, it usually adds up to about 12-12.5 hours total (which is normal for this age, I think?). Anyway, I'm about to lose my mind, I don't know what to do anymore. All I know is that it's getting really old. We just got bunkbeds for the boys, and are planning on moving dd into their room to a twin bed. I'm hoping it'll help her get into a new routine (I'll still go down with her for nursies, but am thinking about just sitting by her bed instead of being in bed with her while she falls asleep). Anyway, I guess my point is, no help here, but lots of sympathy. We're in the same boat right now...