18 month old no longer goes sleep....

[Nini74]

he used to go straight off to sleep at night - we haven't changed his routine at all, but now he jumps up and stands at the edge of his cot crying - and when we go up, he jumps around like its play time. any suggestions please? sorry for shortness of post - must go up and try to lie him back down again! xxx

[tinkerbell23]

As hard as it may be (and i have no kids so am not really qualified to help) but how about "self soothing" and just letting him cry? (obviously you are sure he is well etc) xx

[EvianBaby]

Maybe he just isn't tired enough. Does he have naps in the daytime?

[mandy22]

as a mum of 5 Id say its the light nites. Invest in a good quality black out blind, worked wonders when my youngest was a baby and started to disagree with the 7pm bedtime when it was still light outside.
I never found a solution to his early wake up calls though, he's 6 now and still a very early riser lol

[tinkerbell23]

I remember my neighbour having a blackout blind actually..good idea x

[EvianBaby]

Black out blinds are awesome for grown ups too :)

[Nini74]

thanks guys - maybe i should invest in one! he's actually gone off okay tonight - about 45 minutes after bedtime, which is a vast improvement on last night! xxxxx

[Brinjal]

I used to let mine play around in their cots till they fell asleep. They were not allowed to climb out or have toys in the cot other than a bedtime teddy or comforter . I would really try and ignore them because the more I went in the more attention they got and they played on it. Start good habits now. A black out blind or curtains is a very good idea.

[DTCwordfan]

we did the black out, book with shapes, then lie down and patting of the bum and later the back....15 minutes invested usually had them off (and occasionally me too)....

[Nini74]

just like to say thanks to you all for the suggestions..... i haven't bought black out blinds yet, but i have been hanging blankets over the curtains to make the room a lot darker and, fingers crossed, he's back to being my lovely little sleepy angel again when we go up for beddy-byes. Thanks all xxxx