A guide to dealing with toddler sleep problems, including advice on getting them into bed, getting them to sleep through and what to do about early morning wakers
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Causes of toddler sleep problems The toddler years are exciting, stressful, scary and full of discovery. It's normal for your toddler to fight sleep — there's too much going on! But besides the normal drive to push boundaries, there are many specific reasons why your toddler won’t sleep...
Your toddler is going through sleep regressions.There are two sleep regressions you’ll have to contend with during your child’s toddler years:the 18 month regressionand thetwo-year regression. Both of these sleep regressions can be traced to developmental milestones that are happening to your to...
Two sources of information (parent-reported sleep diaries and actigraph records) were used to investigate how toddler sleep characteristics (bed time/sleep onset, wake time/sleep offset, total nighttime sleep, and total sleep time) are related to sleep problems and temperament. There were 64 ...
t ring true yet, they may soon. While mosttoddlersleepissues are related to age and stage of development, sometimes underlying health or psychological problems may be at least partly to blame. Regardless of the nocturnal nuisance that’s disturbing everyone’ssleep, there are sound sleep ...
Most of the time, when toddlers have trouble sleeping, it'sbecause they don't have a set bedtime routine. Doing the same things in order every night helps your child know what to expect and sleep better. But some toddlers have sleep problems that keep them, and often their families, from...
Why Toddlers Can Struggle to Stay in Bed and Fall Asleep Before launching into sleep training, it's helpful to understand why your toddler may be fighting bedtime and resisting going to sleep. Here are just some of the reasons your toddler may be struggling: ...
Toddlerearly morning awakeningsare one of the most challenging sleep problems for parents to deal with. They can also be a big problem in preschoolers. Fortunately, you can get your child to sleep later. Here’s how. When I meet other parents socially, there is one question I get asked mo...
It's understandable that being scared of the dark or having nightmares can cause sleep problems for toddlers. Change in circumstances Sleeping patterns are often affected by what's going on in our lives - that goes for adults as well as children. ...