Questions tagged [sleep]
How and when children sleep. For questions on how to get them to sleep, see the [bedtime] tag.
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What to do in the moment when a toddler falls asleep so late for his nap that it folds into his bedtime?
It happens sometimes - a 32 month old toddler who just doesn't want to sleep during the day and winds up being fully awake right up until an hour or so before he's supposed to go to bed.
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Toddler keeps lifting mattress up and putting his legs into the mattress rack - how to prevent?
We have a large crib that converted into our toddler's bed. It has served us well for some time, but recently there's been a problem concerning our toddler's night-time or nap-time habits.
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15 month old wakes up crying at night and wont sleep again without me
My 15mo used to sleep all night ,until a month ago.He now wakes up at night crying and standing on his feet and wont sleep until i lay with him and sleep together. How do I stop this from happening?
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What To Do About My 2 Year Old's Nighttime Zoomies
Our 2 year old (2 years 3 months) has always had a habit of getting a huge burst of energy late at night. Usually when we take him up to his room, he'll run that energy out in just a few minutes and ...
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Is okay for my 3 month old to sleep 12hr through the night?
He still wakes up to feed every 4 hrs stays up for 10min every feed and will sleep from 11:00pm to 11:00am and throughout the day takes 2 naps that are 2 hrs long sometimes 3hrs
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Should we encourage our 2-year old to give up his naps?
Our son is 2 years old as of September, and he's been trying to skip his mid-day nap lately.
What usually happens is at around 1-2 PM, he'll start to get sleepy. At this time, if we put on soothing ...
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3 month old suddenly very fussy
Our son will turn 12 weeks old on September 17th, 2023. He's always been a little fussy but nothing that we couldn't manage. Matter of fact, there was a brief period after he turned 9 weeks old or so ...
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What to do when my toddler has bad allergies at night?
My toddler has unfortunately inherited my bad allergies - this means that at night when the two of us are in bed, lots of phlegm will build up in the back of his throat, causing him to cough himself ...
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What Should I Do When My 22 Month Old Isn't Falling To Sleep
My 22 Month old toddler has a new habit during the day. He's been skipping his nap, refusing to sleep even when tired.
This wouldn't be so bad, but it leads to him instead falling asleep for night ...
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Without sleep training, at what age can a child fall asleep independently?
We have a 14 month old boy. While we are not anti sleep training, we haven't done it because he is usually a good sleeper and we are currently lazier than we are desperate. But we do need to rock him ...
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4 year old does not stay in bed
My son is nearly 4 and refuses to stay in bed. The only way make him go to bed and fall asleep is to stay with him and keep him from climbing out. This can take multiple hours every night.
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Night sleeping more than 6 hours
I’m sorry I can’t find a straight answer. My 3 month old eats 6 ounces every 2 hours during the day but at night he sleeps for almost 5 hours without eating. Is this normal or is there a set amount of ...
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Is there any way to lower a crib mattress a little bit more?
My toddler son just had his first crib breakout today.
He's 16 months old, and doesn't go to sleep on his own yet. If we were to convert his crib into a bed, or get him a toddler bed, he would ...
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Wake up 4yo to brush teeth?
If a 4yo fell asleep before brushing her teeth, would you wake her up to brush her teeth? maybe just use some wet wipe while she sleeps?
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Baby wet the bed (almost 2 years old)
i'm new over here. also i'm new in parenting in genenral - this is my first son :)
hopefully that i'm not duplicating this question, my 20 month baby is wetting the bed every single night, we haven't ...
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