Not Sleeping the Recomminded Hours at Night.

All children are different. Your son sounds like my daughter. My oldest just turned 2 yrs old. She goes to bed between 8-9pm as well and wakes up anywhere between 5-7 am. I have never been able to sleep in. She takes a 1-2hr nap and that is it. She has be like this since she was 13mths old. I even tried to keep her up late on a Friday or Saturday in hopes she would sleep in but no change. All I got was a tired and cranky child the next day. It doesn't matter what time she goes to bed she is always up early. I have friends who stay at home and their children sleep in until 10am and go to be around 7pm. I think it is because you can't get a young child to change their routine for one day so you can sleep in. if they get up every morning at 6am to get ready for daycare then they will get up at that time everyday because that is their routine. All children are different and some need more sleep then others. My neice always went to bed at 7pm and got up at 7-8am but she never took a nap from the time she was 14mths old. Unfortunately, when you have kids you lose the sleep and ability to sleep in but all the other joys far out way that. Also, some children are morning people and thus really risers. There is nothing you can do besides have his dad get up with him so you can sleep in. Good Luck

Hi, A.,
My son is 9 months old, and he also does not sleep thru the night. Or as it seems, at all. I have tried everything, the warm milk, food, keepin him up. He still wakes up, and Im tired. I have just grown accustomed to not getting any sleep. As long as he seems fine, I wouldnt worry. But after I pick him up from daycare, he's usually sleepy, so I take a short nap with him, and seems to help me with the lack of sleep.

My son is 16 mths and has finally just started sleeping through the night a couple of months ago, but he goes to bed at 10 and is up at 7. As far as the having him stay up later goes...it doesn't work on my son he'll go to bed at 11 or 12 and still gets up at 7. Luckly I'm a SAHM so I get to take the naps when he takes his naps, but sometimes I just want to sleep in in he morning, that's when the daddy comes into play. Sometime you just need to say "It's your turn dear" and hand him the baby and go close the door and get some sleep. As far as the waking up in the middle of the night for a drink the best way I found was to not give it to him and just rock him instead. They need the contact more then the drink and then from there when they wake up just go in and lay them back down and say it's time to sleep and go back to bed or just leave the room until he starts to cry again and continue to lay him down and tell him to sleep. It will be very tring for a bit of time but in the long run you won't have to be getting up in the middle of the night and boy does that help when you need the sleep. We have a music player that plays quiet soothing music that I would turn on in the middle of the night when he woke up and it came to that I would wake up in the middle of the night and hear the music to find out that he had learned how to turn it on himself and fall back to sleep. Well hope this wasn't to confussing and it helps. Good luck!!!

Before you go to bed at night put a few toys in his crib and when he wakes up the next day he may play with them for a while.That's what our son did and he learned to stay happy and busy for an hour to an hour and 1/2.

I have two children and when they were at that age they both slept just like your little guy. I asked their daycare providers not to allow them to sleep much during the day just like I was doing at home on the weekends per their pediatricians. Also, if at all possible keep them up later in the evening with you. Get into a regular routine for bedtime i.e. reading just before you lay him down, give him a solid snack, try the new sleepy bath products, don't feed him any sweets, etc. I know that you must enjoy your free/relaxing time for yourself in the evening, but you have to decide if you would rather sleep in longer in the morning or have some time to yourself at night. Rest assured that he will sleep longer the older he gets when he gets more active. Did you discuss this with your pediatrician? He or she will check for possible illnesses and give you some advice too. Remember you two are a team to raising a healthy happy child. If you don't get the kind of support from current provider you might try finding another doctor recommedation from friends. Look forward to the day when he will be sleeping so long that it bugs you. Ask your husband to take the morning shift so you can sleep in because you are the money provider in your home for the present time. Good luck!

keep in mind that every child is different, and that is merely a guide for the norm. as long as your son seems to be fine, and you don't think he is suffering or anything like that, then don't worry. as for the lack of sleep...nap when he does on the weekends, if he naps when you bring him home from daycare, nap along side him for a lil bit. the laundry and dishes will always be there later. ;)

That is similar to what my 20 month old is doing. She goes to bed by 8:30 usually (we have a bedtime routine that starts at 7:30. She sleeps through most nights, but does get up once and a while at 2 or 3 to nurse (usually goes right back to sleep, but we have been having more teething issues lately), then during the week she needs to be up by 6:30 to go to daycare. She usually gets up this early on weekends, but does sometimes sleep in until 7. She also has a 1.5 or 2 hour nap during the day.
We usually take naps with her on the weekend to catch up on our sleep. One book I have found that is very helpful is the No Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers by Elizabeth Pantley. We are working on dealing with some of the night waking issues right now using that book.
We just keep joking that when she is a teenager and wants to sleep in on weekends, we will be waking her up at the crack of dawn!!!
Also, not needing to sleep as much (without being tired or crabby) can be one of the signs of giftedness in young children.