How firm are you at bedtime?
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Have you got a yoto - the sleep stories are good - my child fell asleep tonite without me in the bedroom - though that is like only 1/10 nights - the Yoto does help him nod off though - I will ‘chat’ with him (he likes to ask me to have a ‘chat’) and read him a couple of stories - and then I’ll put the Yoto back on and pretend to fall asleep on my bed -( he’s still in my room) - and that usually sends him off - takes about an hour - solidarity - I know it’s hard
@danielle I've just got a yoto for my son for Christmas, what cards do you use for sleep?
If it’s taking 2 hours I would honestly just go to bed with him later. Let him play for a bit longer and wear himself out
I've just gone through this and getting into bed because I'm exhausted then falling asleep prising myself away and then he wakes up and it's like de ja vu! So my older 2 go to bed at 7 and then I say to my 2.9mnth old I'm tidying up now and he sits down or plays until I finish or wonders behind me, then I put him in bed around 845, we read a story and then I say good night, at first he would get up a hundred times, I need, I want no then I started by telling him it's time to sleep, if he gets up I tuck him back into bed with no interaction and tuck him in, he calls mommy to test the waters but I listen and nothing comes of it, I now return him to bed once and that's it most nights now. But I feel for you it is so draining physically, mentally, emotionally but pick a method and stick to it especially if you know all their needs are met, he's just saying things he knows will garner a response.Can he go to the toilet alone? If so I would say to him go toilet then go to bed and no further interaction,
Leave a sports bottle of water next to his bed, if he needs a drink. It does get better well done for persevering ♥️
Ah it’s been so difficult these last few weeks! Here’s a few things we’ve tried with different levels of success (and some work some nights but not others - feels like they are a bag of tricks we have to use!) - we let him play in his room until he wants to go to sleep. He can call out to us if he wants to to tuck him in when he is ready. - if we do let him come back downstairs (which isn’t our favourite option), we turn off the lights apart from a lamp, don’t have the tv on and make it really boring 😂 he soon doesn’t want to be there - we have a bottle of water in his room which stops him needing to ask for it/walk around. Realistically he doesn’t drink more because it’s in the room, he just can’t use it as an excuse! - on the odd occasion we’ve let him fall asleep in our bed but we have the rule that if he is in our bed he has to lie down, in his room he is allowed to play and take himself to bed. So he often gets bored of our room and go back to his own.
We’re also getting a Yoto for his birthday (next week!) and I’m really hoping that will help too ☺️
Maybe start a new routine we had to change things up last month, we do drinks downstairs, upstairs to get ready for bed and toilet before bed, then cuddles in bed and watch a few bluey episode (not everyone will be a fan of this) and then she takes her glasses off turns over and drifts off to sleep. We do stay until she's fully asleep then sneak off. My friend has a glow clock in the room so hwr son knows is bedtime and bedtime only and clock downstairs and has marked when last drinks are before bed, and this works for them