Does your Toddler do this when drifting off to sleep?

[BeautifulMadness]

he used to do that but once he started we stopped rocking him and cuddling him to sleep...

He now happliy goes off to bed with his bottle and is fine...took alot of effort but he got the msg


hope ur bedtime gets better

[sloane]

yeah, similar here as well. he also seems to think he's hysterically funny & laughs away. once he calms down a bit he likes to point out his & then mine - nose, eyes, ears, teeth & names them in a whisper to himself

[Heaven]

Yes, DD is like that if I lie with her. But she goes to sleep by herself now. She takes 2 teddies to bed though and I can hear her in there for a while before she finally goes to sleep talking to them and throwing them around and banging into the wall.

[Miss.September]

Yep, DD was the same. Not so much with hair pulling, but she'd kick and go rigid. We now just put her into bed, read her stories, tell her it's time for sleep and she'll do her flipping and jumping around, trying to get comfortable, then she settles. If we try to touch her, the entire process starts again. Sometimes she lets me just stroke her face, or her arm, but mostly, she just likes to know that we're in the room. She actually goes to sleep quicker if both DH and I are in there and having a conversation in whispers. It's hard, because that snuggle at night is really lovely, but I get mine back when she's asleep and I can give her a hug and kiss without her waking up.

[mummydreamer]

sounds pretty common, i think it's the age. my son is nearly 6, and from very early on, he used to put himself to sleep by banging his head on his bed rythmically (not hard) and he still does it even now....it's cute how they get their little quirks! whatever works though.....Lol

[CrazyLady]

Yep, Pixie practices her acrobatic routine prior to sleep. She'll wriggle, flip, roll around and chatter until realising that she can't be bothered fighting it anymore and dozing off. It varies between 10 minutes and sometimes up to 45 mins for her to actually sleep. I've found if I put her to bed even 5 minutes earlier than I used to she goes to sleep way faster. Once she gets to a certain time she seems to get a second adrenalin rush and it takes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay longer.

HTH

[mummydreamer]

Yep, Pixie practices her acrobatic routine prior to sleep. She'll wriggle, flip, roll around and chatter until realising that she can't be bothered fighting it anymore and dozing off. It varies between 10 minutes and sometimes up to 45 mins for her to actually sleep. I've found if I put her to bed even 5 minutes earlier than I used to she goes to sleep way faster. Once she gets to a certain time she seems to get a second adrenalin rush and it takes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay longer.

HTH

oh my gosh, is your daughter called Pixie!? Mine too!!! I thought she was the only one! Awesome name!! Lol.

[CrazyLady]

Nah, she's actually Charlotte but she looks like a little Pixie so she got nicknamed it. OMG love the name Pixie!

[mummydreamer]

oh okay haha, my daughter's name is Pixie, she's a little munchkin. totally suits the name too, couldn't have named her anything else Lol.