Hey moms, my son just turned 2 in Sept. He seems to sleep well at daycare, but noticing that he doesn't take naps at home on the weekends. He will play the whole time. When it's time for bed at night, he gets up and is up for an hour or more. He then ends up sleeping on top of the stairs (there is a gate so he doesn't fall). I feel like we tried everything by just ignoring him or keep putting him in his bed. He's not whiny, he's just up. He usually stays asleep until morning. He would normally get up at 6 and now he gets up around 5:30, when I do put him back in his bed then he does go back to sleep. Just wondering what I should do if there are any other ideas that I can try. It's very frustrating, I feel like he's not getting the amount of sleep that he should. I think he is getting most of it at daycare. What should I do? Thanks everyone.
Keep the routine the same as daycare. Toddlers do best when a routine is followed. I would put him down for a nap (not an extra long one) on weekends. Even if he doesn't fall asleep at first, give it a try. Plus, toddlers are smarter than we give them credit for. He probably knows that he can play all weekend...Even if he can't verbalize it.
That's great that he is not whiny or crying for the hour. Most toddlers cry it out...
If he is not whiny and just up then he is probably getting all the sleep he needs. You are probably putting him to bed too early and he is bored. Lots of kids give up naps at the age of two.
I am sure everyone naps at daycare. If you could follow her routine to a t and make it appear that everyone is sleeping when he is he may not resist..as much. I have had to do this with my second child since about 2 1/2.
Be consistent and he'll likely get back on his regular track. Kids definitely go through phases of changing their sleep schedules. Could be teeth, growth spurts, sickness, etc. I've always just stayed consistent, like if he usually takes a nap from 1-3, then put him in his bed from 1-3. If he sleeps, great. If not, he had quiet time. Eventually he'll probably get back to sleeping during that time. Same with bedtime - put him to bed at his regular time no matter what. If he wants to play around then let him, as long as he's in his bed. Good luck!
How much does he sleep at daycare? We ran into--and run into it with our second too--that they'd rather nap than go to bed at night, so they take 3 hour naps but won't go to bed til 9 or later, which is a problem for us with a 5 am wakeup. Finally we asked them to start waking him after about 2 hours at daycare and it evened things out a bit.
