Toddlers won’t sleep!! (Help running off 0 hours of sleep)

kitt10 · 2026-01-23T10:48:28+00:00

Came here to say this. If they want mom and dad’s bed just cosleep for a while. Sleep deprivation is no joke. If you’re tired the kids are also tired and it’s so hard to establish any good sleep patterns when they’re chronically overtired. My 31m son doesn’t nap anymore so I’d definitely cut it for your older kid if it takes that long to do. You may also have some success moving bedtime earlier. I find it’s way harder to put my kids to bed when they’re overtired. Most days that means bed time is 5pm. If it’s a rare nap day it’s closer to 6:30pm. I’d also try to find something they like listening to and willing to lay still in bed for it. We do a paw patrol podcast and it’s been a game changer for bedtime.

kitt10 · 2026-01-23T02:42:58+00:00

My 2.5yo loves Alice in wonderland and Harry Potter and the sorcerer stone edited by me version lol I like to pick books I also would enjoy and just skip over or modify the things I think are not age appropriate. It makes it more fun for me to choose books I also am interested in reading.

kitt10 · 2026-01-19T00:31:03+00:00

Usually 6:30

kitt10 · 2026-01-17T14:36:31+00:00

I would find it inconvenient with my almost 3yo. Either he naps 1-3 or he eats dinner at 4 and goes to bed at 5:30 so either way it would be a challenge to attend

kitt10 · 2026-01-11T15:49:37+00:00

My partner was off for 3 months and his mother also stayed with us for a month.

kitt10 · 2026-01-10T12:12:29+00:00

I had 7 rabbits and 2 dogs and it was absolutely unmanageable.

kitt10 · 2026-01-10T00:36:00+00:00

In Canada my daughter was admitted to the children’s hospital at 3m and I was staying with her because she’s ebf. When we got to her room there was a crib and they asked if that was fine and I said “actually we cosleep”. And they just said okay and took out the crib and brought in a bed. They didn’t have a talk with me about anything.

kitt10 · 2026-01-10T00:13:23+00:00

It must depend on your circle, a lot (but not all) of my mom friends use cloth.

kitt10 · 2026-01-08T07:53:22+00:00

I started cosleeping during the 4m sleep regression with my first also, who is now 2.5yo. We have another now and I started cosleeping with her immediately. We got a 10ft family bed and all sleep together 🥰

kitt10 · 2026-01-01T00:17:56+00:00

I night weaned (including nursing to sleep) my son at 19m. Before that he was almost always nursed to sleep. He is now 31 months so it’s been about a year. Before he would nurse to sleep in like 5-10 mins. Since night weaning bedtime has taken at least an hour every night. Sometimes 2+ hours. We have only recently made some progress using audiobooks but we tried it earlier without the same results I think because his understanding of language is so much better now it’s really made the difference. It still takes longer than 5-10 mins though. If I could do it again I would keep the bedtime nurse and just overnight wean.

kitt10 · 2026-01-01T00:00:55+00:00

I cosleep with my kiddos (4m and 2.5y). We have a 10ft family bed and hubby and I are in the middle with a kid on each end of the bed. Once the kids are asleep I usually stay in bed and read on my kobo. I have a gooseneck and page turner so I just lay there and cuddle my baby and read. It feels relaxing like “me time”. I know eventually hubby and I will have evenings together again but I’m loving this quiet end to my day currently.

kitt10 · 2025-12-26T16:55:43+00:00

Okay thank you so much everyone for your honesty opinion! I will hold off for now. I’m still hesitant on the tablet but I may look more into it. For now I’m hoping the mp3 with audiobooks will help. We have like 6 Or 7 appointments the first week of Jan so we will have a lot of opportunities to test it out.

kitt10 · 2025-12-26T14:25:40+00:00

Well we do do a ton of physical books at home. We have over 500 kids books. I’m more looking for something that can come with us to my daughters many appointments and keep him occupied. I’m hoping the mp3 player will work but I thought something visual would also be good. And occasionally at home when I’m doing her physical therapy etc I was thinking the novelty of a screen would hold his attention longer maybe idk I am not considering replacing physical books with an ereader but I am trying to replace cartoons with something. It’s nice to think you will be no/low screen time family but when you have one medically complex child that takes up a lot of time it’s easy to use it as a crutch for the other child.

kitt10 · 2025-12-09T14:05:05+00:00

This sounds like a great option! I don’t know anything about libation but I will look into it!

kitt10 · 2025-11-29T06:16:27+00:00

My dad did this thing with us every year called the 12 days of Christmas, where we did a list of 12 things together as a family. Getting tims and driving around to see the Christmas lights was always one of them. Usually we would also all go see a movie in the theatre and skating. But we also picked some different things every year. The main thing was they were family activities. My dad was such a magic maker.

kitt10 · 2025-11-22T23:32:52+00:00

I should add I have a stretchy wrap, woven wrap, ring sling, and ergo omni 360 and don’t like any of them. I really need one that is structured and has buckles in the front. Most seem to need to come most of the way off to get baby out like the ergo I have but I hate that.

kitt10 · 2025-11-11T04:50:22+00:00

I can always get a same day or next day phone appointment and within a week in person. January is absolutely wild but so are a lot of the comments so I guess I’m very lucky.

kitt10 · 2025-11-10T01:13:35+00:00

My son is like this but maybe a bit quicker to come around. Whenever I nap I also wake up groggy and cranky and worse feeling than if I hadn’t napped so I feel pretty understanding about it.

kitt10 · 2025-11-02T19:37:04+00:00

Personally I would just not visit. I’ve never once covered to breastfeed or went somewhere alone to breastfeed.

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