Does your child keep opening her door to come to your room now that she's in a bed? Learn how to keep your toddler in her room at night! You finally made the transition from a crib to a toddler bed. One that allows your child not only to roam her room, but to open the door and leave. But every night, right on cue around two in the morning, she'll climb into your bed. You don't mind the snuggles, but she clearly takes up bed space, leaving everyone sleep deprived. Without the crib to keep her contained the way she used to be, she now keeps getting up in the middle of the night. Besides … [Read more...]

Struggling with creating a 2 year old bedtime? Learn what time your child should sleep, schedules to try, and transitioning to bedtime. The two-year mark seems to come with its own bedtime challenge. You might have a "good sleeper"—even since infancy—but at two years old, well... things changed. For one thing, it now takes her an hour to sleep, and that's with you staying in her room until she finally does. She demands to sleep in your bed instead of hers. Or maybe she's in bed, but plays and keeps herself up until 10pm. It doesn't help when changes in your life—holidays, new house, … [Read more...]

Struggling when your child won't sleep alone? Avoid these mistakes that make things worse when your 2 year old refuses to sleep at night. At some crazy hour in the night, my then-2 year old startled me awake with a rousing cry. I ran into his room and comforted him to whimpers and hiccups until I could finally settle him back in bed. "Stay," he pleaded, complete with puppy dog eyes. Delirious with sleep-deprivation, I put him down in bed and stretched out on the floor next to him. I'll stay here until he falls asleep, I planned. Unfortunately, it took him forever to settle down and … [Read more...]