2 Hr Old Waking up in Middle of Night

Too late!! You've already started that "bad habit"!! STOP! Leave her alone. you don't think she's hungry or thirsty, wet diapers don't need to be changed in the night (don't start another bad habit), so it must be just a normal fluctuation in her sleep cycle. Kids go through them every few months. (She may be having night terrors, though she's a little young for those. Kids usually wake up screaming from them.) In any case, DON'T remove her from her bed. Lay her down if she's standing up, pat her, and don't say anything more than shushhh til she calms down and relaxes. Walk away, if she starts up, walk back, pat some more, shush some more, and walk away again. She'll get the idea that nothing else is gonna happen, and she'll give up and go back to sleep. It may take a few nights to break the cycle, but it will work if you don't give in and take her out of bed.

My son did this from just before his second birthday through lateFebruary (about 6 weeks total). I can't say for sure that I ever figured out what the issue was. He may have been teething (2yr. old molars), or it could have been resurgent separation anxiety. He didn't seem to be scared of the dark. My husband and I spent many partial nights sleeping on his floor, and we (gasp) also let him sleep in our bed in the wee hours of the morning. In the end it passed, and he is quite content back to sleeping a full night in his own room. It was frustrating, because I was exhausted, but eventually the madness stopped. I would do whatever works for your family in terms of having her in your bed; my thing is to always do what comes naturally, and that's usually the right thing. Good luck!

2 yrs old is a time of sleep disturbance for a lot of kids- they start waking from dreams, talking in sleep, etc. It's normal and may not mean anything at all.

Contrary to what the other person said, even if you got up and made her a meal and let her watch cartoons, it won't put her in a habit. That's nonsense. Comfort her as she needs it and it will soon pass.

I think most kids go thru this around this age. All 3 of my kids woke up in the early early morning @2-5am (my youngest age 2, is doing it now) but they hardly ever cried they jus woke up and walked into our room. I always let them sleep with us, and never put them back in their own beds--I know, I know some people say this is a bad habit BUT I have not had any trouble thus far...both my older 2 boys ages 6 and 4 went thru this, it didn't last forever because they both sleep all thru the night in their own beds now.

As long as you continue with the routine that they start their sleeping in their own beds, I think they understand that is where they are supposed to sleep and eventually they don't wake up in the middle of the night anymore.

Hope this helps. Just FYI-If they were crying I would always go in and try to talk to them and see what was the matter...always!

~As far as the potty training is concerned I always waited til they started waking up dry and showing interest to introduce potty training...both my older boys were completely trained (day and night) at around 24-27 months...my baby is just starting to show "interest" and she is already 25 months old. But you do what ever you feel is right for you and your daughter.

Have her checked, or you check, for pinworms! My grandaughter started doing the same thing around that age, she was even talking crazy,the doctor said they can actually hallucinate from lack of REM sleep! one dose of the medicine and it stopped! I'd have never guessed THAT would have been the problem ,but he said it is very common.They can catch them from other people OR from playing in the dirt............hope this helps

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Have her checked, or you check, for pinworms! My grandaughter started doing the same thing around that age, she was even talking crazy,the doctor said they can actually hallucinate from lack of REM sleep! one dose of the medicine and it stopped! I'd have never guessed THAT would have been the problem ,but he said it is very common.They can catch them from other people OR from playing in the dirt............hope this helps

Is she teething? Try some Motrin before bed.

I have seen so many posts on this question, and I also experienced it with my kiddos. Many of my friends also went through it with their kids.
All I can figure is, at some point when kids are 2, they start waking up at night for no reason! It usually lasted about 2 weeks for my kids, then they were back to their regular sleeping schedule.
this might not seem like it's very helpful, but know that it probably just a phase that won't last very long at all.
hang in there! :)

My 23 month old just started doing the same thing this past week. I think it is due to dreaming. Also he is getting a cough and runny nose. I wait for a few seconds (or minutes) depending on if he just wrestles around or wimpers and falls back to sleep or if he starts to cry. If he does cry, I go in and offer to rock him to sleep in his own room. After about 5 or so minutes, he is usually ready to go back to his crib. He is also drooling alot lately, so his 2yr molars may be starting. Hard to know the real cause.... just do what you think is best, comfort her and hope it is just a phase. That is what I am doing!!