Problem with putting a toddler to sleep

[RAC]

please advise. nauubos na energy ko gabi-gabi in trying to make my toddler sleep early. he's 1yr 8 mos old. a friend said I should train him to sleep early so that he will not have a hard time waking up early in the morning when he goes schooling already. but how??? i created a routine for him to induce him to sleep. eat dinner, take a bath, drink milk, drink water, brush teeth. lights out by 8:30PM. but he falls asleep 2 hours after pa! ano pa bang pwedeng gawin?

[nikki]

Sis, nag nap pa ba baby mo in the afternoon? What time ang dinnER niya?

I used to have the same prob with my eldest around that age too. He sleeps late like 11pm or so, maaga na ang 10pm. The reasons were: he takes afternoon nAp from 2-4pm and have dinner at 7:30. he sleeps a good 12-14hrs per night yun nga Lang Gising nya 10-11am which is really really late. Kaya hindi siya nasanay mag breakfast which is my struggle now.

Anyway, so I consulted his pedia and said a baby his age is recommended to sleep at least 12hrs within a day pero should be sleeping early at hindi ganyang puyat. She said a 30min nap should do. What's important is he sleeps early in the evening and completes a 12-14hr sleeping time. So we adjusted his dinner around 6-6:30 and then bed time by 8pm. Afternoon nap is down to 30mins or some times wala na. Also, if active ang baby kelangan wind down na after dinner.. So my eldest sleeps at 8:30 latest 9pm. He wakes up after 12hrs.

[khaleesiCersei]

Napanood ko somewhere sis may 2 hours talaga bago makatulog ang mga toddlers. So siguro agahan mo ang routine mo ng konti sa gabi . Say lights out at 7:30 para mga 9 tulog na sya

[RAC]

nikki, yes tama ka, as a result problem ko rin ang breakfast dahil kung magbreakfast siya ay 10AM na. takes a nap in the afternoon umaabot ng 1-2hrs. if i limit his nap to 30min, paano yun, pipilitin kong gisingin? 6:30PM kami magdinner sa house.

khaleesiCersei, thanks. i'll take note of that. naku kung 7:30PM ang lights out namin, wala na talaga kaming magagawa ni hubby sa gabi kasi we sleep in 1 room lang.

[sleepy_grfld]

I have the same situation with my daughter who is 3 1/2 years old. she only sleeps for 7-8 hours every night and naps for 2-3 hours. I will try the 30-minute nap only. Hope it works.

[nikki]

@RAC, yes sis gigisingin talaga. But sometimes may consideration din naman like if I know na mga 10-11hrs Lang tulog ng baby ko, I let him nap for an hour pero ang nap time around 12:30 dapat Gising na before 2pm. If he has a good 12-14hrs sleep naman, 30mins Lang talaga and sometimes wala na nap. In this case, super aga matulog niyan.. 15mins after lights out eh knock out na hehe..

We make sure din na may play time in the afternoon yun tipong ubos energy so alam mo na may "pagod factor" though not every day. We have different activities ever afternoon aside from attending core classes at Gymboree.

Suggest ko rin sis para drastic change yan na na-prove ko with my son.. One day wag mo pa-nap and then pagurin mo sa laro, etc.  After dinner, shower mo then lights out, Im sure knock out yan

[nageinna]

i noticed hirap patulugin si LO at night pag nag nanap siya past 4pm. what we do, usually after lunch pina pa nap ko na siya, 12nn-2pm. then tuloy tuloy na play time niya. dinner siya ng 630-7pm. after that, around 830pm lights out na, pag nakita na niya bottle niya automatic punta na siya sa bed higa na siya. tabihan namin siya sa bed humiga. minsan gising parin siya kahit ubos na milk niya, kunwari kami nakapikit na. babble babble siya mag isa. hinahayaan lang namin then after few minutes sleep na siya. basta tahimik and wala na siya nakikita or naririnig distractions sa paligid niya makakatulog narin siya. around 9pm yun then gising siya 7am. siya alarm clock namin every morning. pero dati twice siya pinapanap ng yaya niya umaabot hanggang 5pm, naku hyper parin pag gabi. umaabot 10pm laro laro pa sa room. so i told his yaya one nap nalang palagi. hindi pwede samin yun 30min nap lang kasi he gets cranky pag bitin nap niya.

[princessrio]

my 3-year-old son sleeps at least 10 hours at night. pag mga 6-8 hours lang, paniguradong tulog ulit sya after 2 hours ng gising.

minsan hindi ko na sya pinagna-nap sa hapon kasi paniguradong 12 midnight (earliest) na ang tulog nya. or kung nakapag-nap sya, i make sure na lalabas kami para ubusin ang energy nya. minsan sa park (takbo, slide, climb) or sa mall (takbo dito, takbo doon)

[Priceless]

Ok, before anything else, I suggest writing "putting a toddler to bed" not, "putting a toddler to sleep"... kasi parang tunog euthanasia naman yun isa...

Now onto my two cents:

Setting a routine is very important. If you let your child wake up late, of course, he will have breakfast late, lunch late, nap time late...and so on. Try waking him up at a reasonable hour for breakfast (mine wakes up at 6AM), and set activities for him during the day. When my son was your child's age, he had two nap times - one in the morning after breakfast, magigising around 11 am, then lunch, then nap time sa hapon for about two hours (I tell my yaya to make sure my son does not sleep beyond 4pm), then some more play time, then dinner. My son has his bath time at 7pm, then after that he settles in for "gentle play" like blocks, books, colour/drawing, or watching nursery rhymes on my iPad.

Then i make sure I turn down the lights and no tv sa bedroom, he settles in na after drinking his milk. Tapos pag pagod na sya mag turn ng pages ng book nya or manood ng nursery rhymes, he will give me the book or the ipad then tutulog na sya, usually around 8:30 pm. By 9pm, tulog na sya, either in his bed na or pag sa bed namin sya nakatulog, ililipat ko sa bed nya - he sleeps in his own room. Once he's already asleep (and not in our bedroom), hubby and I are free to turn the tv on or get ready for bed ourselves.

[lordknight_aiz.18]

My 1 year 9 mos baby takes an afternoon nap. 1-3pm or 2-4pm. Then merienda when he wakes up and play time na. Dinner kami at around 8pm then he sleeps at 10pm til 8am. Di siya mahirap patulugin kung tatabihan ko at dedede siya sakin..pero i read that this habit is very hard to undo. So true..

[[-c-h-a-]]

Our 23 month old daughter naps from 12:30pm to 2pm. Sometimes until 3:30pm pa! We have dinner between 6-7pm, 8pm we start her bedtime routine... bath, massage and story time. She usually falls asleep pretty quick as in sometimes as quick as 5 minutes, sometimes 15 minutes... the longest was 30 mins. This routine though, we started since she was only a couple of weeks old. So I think she knows na by now this means bedtime!

She is a verrryy active toddler though and super likot nya. Wala naman syang playgroup or playmates yet so dito lang sya sa bahay with my Mum. So siguro pagod lang talaga sya.