i love my child i do, but i'll be damned if she isn't a terror, the worst time of of her terrorist behavior is when she is starting to get tired, cause she like most toddlers i know fights it, hard. she does anything and everything possible to push everyones buttons. not just mine, her fathers, her grandma's and grandpa's, everyone. when i put her bed i can't just lay her down, no she has to be held until she decides to stop singing i'm a little tea pot, today that took like 15 minutes. this doesn't happen until it's time for bed, and when she wakes up she's usually in a great mood, usually now ALL the time. is it just my kid or does anyone else have the problem of your 2 year old just being horrible when they're tired?
I don't have kids myself, but I'd say that behavior is pretty normal. My older brother apparently used to climb out of his crib and he'd be found sleeping in the weirdest places, like under the kitchen table.
Only 15 minutes? not bad! I'm sorry, I only make light because I know what you are going through. I have had a few with terrible bedtime routines. One of them even told my Mom on night, "Grandma, I don't go to bed!" She is the one sneaking into bed with us at night. There little minds need time to wind down just like ours. Have you tried bedtime stories or slow stretching at bedtime? I found having a solid bedtime routine really helped. Teeth brushin, face washin, all that good stuff. If you know she needs to sing for a few, start early. Fighting sleep is normal for these guys, they don't want to miss a thing, even if thats watching you relax Be consistent with whatever you do, it can take forever, but if you stay strong she'll pull through. The worst that could happen? Well you get to listen to your little angel sing you to sleep
i usually see parents turn this into a big dramatic operation which in turn keeps their child awake longer and agitates them that much more making noises like "shhhh" every 5 seconds or "bouncing" a child either does nothing or is counterproductive, merely appears useful when there are easier ways to stimulate a child to sleep including ways that do not agitate them if they are generally an uncooperative child to begin with letting your kid know that they're getting to you in some way is the best way to promote whatever it is that they're doing, be it good bad or just neutral what i'm saying is that the more you acknowledge your child's resistance to sleep (when he or she is actually sleepy, of course) the more they will "act out," whether you do this verbally or otherwise so if you have a house full of people and they're all being boisterous and adding excitement to the situation, then that is going to make things significantly more difficult your child should be in a calm scenario when it's time to sleep, or that option at least needs to be on the table i babysit my brother's kids once in a while and when his toddler starts getting grumpy and rubbing his face and whatnot at sleep time i either sit down and put him on my chest and give him his sucker and rub his back til he passes out or i bring him to a bed and lay with him and play with him until he just passes out i told my best friend that the reason his daughter acts up so much so often is because every single time she does the littlest thing they ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT SHE'S DOING, i.e. lets her know that it is affecting them, i.e. lets her know that she has found ways to control / condition them i told him to PRETEND to ignore her when she is doing something she shouldn't be, such as jumping up and down on the couch or trying to stand on the back of it, rather than freaking out and in turn promoting (in her mind, because she cannot understand the possible consequences) her actions things i would suggest are: reduce excitement and noise as much as possible, whether from you or elsewhere in the environment don't give your child queues as to what you're trying to get her to do, or what you want her to do, for example "i want you to sleep now sweetie" and things of that nature, as that will simply trigger her to "fight" you more and more instead you could replace all that struggling with some low key playing and this will in turn make her even more tired whilst not revealing your master plan to her lay with her in her bed or a bed or somewhere comfortable until she sleeps so you can get her to where you want her anyway you should be able to find some web sites all about this if you want
Thats actually happened before. yeah we do the book thing, the best is when she reads with me, i think it's more that we've read her all the Dr. Seuss books that we've got so many times that she has most of them memorized. Yeah she loves singing, even cartoons, she's not intrested unless they are singing. still the best way i've found to get her to go to sleep is to cuddle/ hold her in one position long enough until she can't hold her eyes open anymore then let her go she rolls onto her belly and goes to sleep. then when she's asleep she's looks so peaceful and everything is FINALLY quiet. cause ya know when she's awake she like a little tornado of energy, getting into everything she's not suppose to have. and she knows she's not suppose to have it, that's the worst part of it all.
My daughter that has been the most difficult at bedtime (and still is) refused sleeping in her own bed. She had to lay with me until she fell asleep and a little trigger inside her went off within minutes of laying her in bed, to get up and find me. She would cry and use every excuse for needing something. We tried sitting by her bed until she fell asleep, letting her cry (not fun for anyone, that didn't last long) to just accepting her into our bed. Now that she is in kindergarten we are much more firm she sleep in her own bed. Our family can't believe we managed to have two after her, never having a bed to ourselves. I did find overall, if we got all the issues out of the way early, drinks of water, stories, songs, etc. and gave her little response to her activity, it did get better. Do you have a library near by? I know the one by us lets us check out TONS of books and the kids never get bored with them. U could try Googling some websites or check out books on lullabyes since she likes to sing. Good Luck!
My son is actually unable to go to sleep without crying real loud and during a long time. He's been acting like this for a whole week now. We used to keep him awake with us until he really fell asleep by himself, but now it's becoming more and more impossible to do so and since yesterday we let him cry alone in his bed until he sleeps. It's hard for a parent to let a child cry during a little more than an hour, an we feel just like you... we feel like he's a real terror at bedtime. But we also think that days are better with him with us and that having him in our lives is a real joy. That helps a lot to think to good moments spent with our child in the day to make bad moments look a little easier to live and to make our tired faces smile. I'm sorry for i don't have any recommendations for you... we ourselves need some at the moment. Help! When we parents will get too tired, maybe the good moments of the day won't suffice.
