9 times out of 10 Moo will just fall asleep with minimal fuss. We might hear a bit of rolling around and giggling.
But if this goes on for more than 10 minutes one of us goes in and pats him off to sleep. If we don't go in he'll carry on for as long as it takes for us to go in! If we let him go it just escalates into crying and screaming.
DD2 takes about 15-20 minutes with DH in there with her.
DD1 and DS - can take up to 1.5 hours to get down for the night. I read them some books, and then DH takes over when DD2 is asleep and stays in there until they both fall asleep.
Im ashamed to say but DD does not go down without a fight on a good night 20 minutes but most nights anywhere up to and well over an hour. Its a helluva lot of patting, singing and cuddling
We lie with DD to get her to sleep and this can take anywhere from 20-30mins....we read two books before bedtime as part of her routine.
I left her today to fall asleep for her daynap as she was having trouble while I was in there, so I left her alone a bit and she seemed to be settling fine without me so I am hoping this means she's soon ready to do it herself!!
I lie next to her with my iphone and play with it while I wait for her to fall asleep (we lie back to back) hehe
DS1 was great from 14 months until just after 2 years old (would put in cot grizzle cry for 5 mins then sound asleep) However when we put him into a bed it changed! First few weeks were great went to sleep no worries at all no fighting. But started to get harder some nights he goes easy other night she is up a million times and taking till 2300 some nights to stay asleep (starting trying generally at 1945 or 2000).
If he has no day sleep he is a bit easier generally to get to bed but not always, the last 2 weeks have been the worst.
Generally DH reads him a book or 2 and leaves him, some nights need to lie there for an hr with him.
DS2 feeds to sleep and will only sleep with me, occasionaly get him down in cot for an hr or so.
Last edited by feeb; January 19th, 2011 at 06:24 PM.
I either feed or rock DS to sleep (I know...a rod) but if I left him on his own he'd be bouncing around until midnight.
Darc was the same until I figured I 'had' to stop that so we went from 5 minutes to 2hours of self settling with me sitting next to her bed....gradually got it down though and tonight it's taken oh 3mins I reckon.
DS can be anywhere up to 1 hour. On a good day where he is totally worn out and hasn't had a day sleep, maybe 20 mins with me laying there. But if he has had a day sleep, it takes ages!!! Grrr! But then if he doesn't have a day sleep he is feral, so I lose either way
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how long does your toddler take to fall asleep?
on a good night 20 minutes but most nights anywhere up to and well over an hour. Its a helluva lot of patting, singing and cuddling
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