Help 2 Year Old Not Sleeping Though the Night

To me it sounds like she isn't getting enough sleep. I found with my kids, they would wake up more at night when they were overtired. Seems ridiculous but was always true. Everything I read said a 2 year old should get 12-15 hours asleep. Try putting her to be an hour earlier and see if that helps. I know it seems early but can't hurt to try for a couple of days.

also nightlights, low music all night. If you think it is nightmare trying keeping a a hallway or bathroom light on at night to help it not seem so dark and scary if she wakes up a little. hope you get some sleep soon.

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To me it sounds like she isn't getting enough sleep. I found with my kids, they would wake up more at night when they were overtired. Seems ridiculous but was always true. Everything I read said a 2 year old should get 12-15 hours asleep. Try putting her to be an hour earlier and see if that helps. I know it seems early but can't hurt to try for a couple of days.

also nightlights, low music all night. If you think it is nightmare trying keeping a a hallway or bathroom light on at night to help it not seem so dark and scary if she wakes up a little. hope you get some sleep soon.

Just when you get used to a schedule, the kids will change and you will have to work out a new one. My kids are 13 and 10, and only after the fact do you realize "oh she was teething", or "oh, she does not need to go to bed so early anymore", etc. Maybe she is becoming more aware and might be scared when she wakes up alone now. Maybe she is getting molars. To try a new bedtime you will have to stick with it for about a week or more to see if it has any effect I would think. I loved the book "How to solve your child's sleep problems" by Dr. Ferber and used it all through their lives, from sleeping through the night at 7 months, to moving to a toddler bed and keeping them in it, to nightmares at older ages, etc. I has lots of very practical advise to try. Your library might have a copy, but it is well worth having your own to reference through the years. Good luck, I bet you will figure out what is happening now in a few weeks when the new schedule or pattern has become routine.

Children this age get night terrors very often. I never had to deal with getting up and comforting my child in another room, because we've always bed shared and had full nights sleep - even when she went thru the 1.5 years of night terrors.

I'd go soothe her right away, because night terrors are called that because they leave the children paralyzed with fear, sweating and very scared if they wake up fully. Rub her back, hum softly, but don't talk. Give her a night light out of her reach that can illuminate her room, so when she wakes up... the dark doesn't terrorize her even more.

does she have a blankie and a night light. and just my opinion she has an awful early bed time even with no nap. something to consider my 2 yr old goes to bed at 10 and wakes up about 7 most mornings. and sometimes naps and sometimes doesnt.