Need help putting 2 yr old to sleep?

Question

Tonight is begining to be horrible. She won't sleep. I can not convince her to go to sleep. I have tried every Nanny 911 trick I have ever seen or heard of. I have established a routine, dinner at 7pm, bath at 745ish, bed at 830. She gets a bed time story and one lullaby. Then she wants to sing and read to me, then she wants to pat my back so I can sleep.....and it goes on and on. So I decided that I will read one story and leave, I am in the room across the hall (computer room) And she is staring at the cieling talking to herself like a crazy lady. This has been going on for over an hour now. She cannot see me, she has a very small night light. WHAT ELSE SHOULD I DO?!?!? She isn't getting out of bed or running around or anything. This has been her routine for almost a week now.

Answer 1

Nothing. She is copying you reading to her. She is
telling herself a story. Unless she is crying and in pain let her jabber away. You've taught her how
to tell a story. Now she is practicing. She'll fall asleep when the sandman shows up. Enjoy her while she is little. She'll be a teenager before you know it and then you will have to listen to her music, favorite programs, her phone conversations and her attitude.

Answer 2

My question to you is... Does she take a nap during the day? If she does, she might not need them. Take it from me. When my son was 2 1/2 he stopped taking naps because when he did take is naps, I noticed he wouldn't go to sleep until late. My late was about 11:00 p.m. That could really be the problem. The second thing that could be is... you are eating dinner to late. Try making dinner between 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. young kids that are having dinner to late, their bodies are not ready to relax. Try doing these two things and if they don't work then I'm not sure what the problems is.
Good Luck with everything.

Answer 3

Do like your doing and just ignore her. If your going to stay up after she does hut the lights off or close the door like no ones there for her to bug. The only reason that she does it is to get you to come back in there so don't. After a while she will learn that your not coming back and wont try any of her old tricks, she'll just go to sleep.

Answer 4

I learned this from ABC's Supernanny (rival to Nanny 911) although I do not have children. When it is bedtime for the 2 year old, you say, "Bedtime," and give that a goodnight kiss and hug. 1st time out of bed, do the same thing when you put her back in bed but 2nd time out of bed, say "Bedtime," and simply walk away. Starting 3rd time out of bed, you simply put her back in bed and simply walk away. No eye contact, no communication, etc. Just simply put her back in bed and walk away until the child gives up and goes to sleep. When I watched Supernanny, the parents had to put the child in bed many and many times until the child finally gives up. Show the child that you are in charge! There is also a website for Supernanny. Just simply go to http://www.supernanny.com/. I hope this information works.

Answer 5

I agree with the other answers. Your daughter is safe and relatively calm. She's not screaming or crying and it doesn't sound like she's scared. Just let her talk herself down to sleep and try to relax yourself. Good luck! This is probably just a passing phase.

Answer 6

Does she have a night companion? Like a stuffed animal or a special soft doll? Sometimes that helps. Otherwise, patience and calmness as much as you can. It's a testing time!

Answer 7

Just stick with it. It WILL work. The worst thing you can do is change it now. Just continue what you are doing and be consistant. It's difficult, but I promise it will work.

Answer 8

So she is talking to herself...so what? She is FINE. Let her talk is it hurting her in anyway? Obviously she's not quite tired so she's jabbering herself to sleep...The one who is making it a problem is YOU and you don't HAVE a problem.