Maybe buy him a visual timer of some kind and set it to 30 minutes. No more “one more book” - he picks out a set number before getting in bed and that’s it. Tell yourself that bedtime is going to be a 30-minute thing and stick to it. I am dead serious about you leaving at 7, no matter what. (AKA the source of All Bedtime Evil.) Try starting bedtime around 6:30 instead, with a goal of you leaving the room promptly at 7. He’s waking up at 6:30 and taking his only nap fairly early in the day, so by waiting until 7 to start his ( overly long) bedtime routine, he’s probably overtired. I’ll try to focus on what I SUSPECT is the root of the (multiple) problems.įirst, his schedule: I would move bedtime forward. Okay, we’ve a whole bunch of things to troubleshoot here, so forgive me if I end up throwing too many “possible” solutions out there.
Mostly, I’m scared that if I don’t accommodate his cries for one more book, he’ll launch himself out of his crib and really, seriously hurt himself. It’s 7:45 pm right now, and I’m ready to skip dinner and go to sleep myself.
Toddler meltdown full#
Tears, climbing, clawing like his crib is full of lava… I’m exhausted. It’s just getting him to let us leave that’s a problem. There’s usually a bath, then pjs (don’t get me started on his opinions on which pjs he wears), books (he can never get enough), kisses, and eventually he closes the door (he can reach from his crib - I told you he was tall). He’d climb all over everything (like he already does), and break a limb or two. He’s too tall to stay contained in a crib, but if I converted his crib to a toddler bed, he’d never go to bed on his own. He only tries it when I’m trying to put him to bed (which, incidentally, is a nightmarish hour-long ordeal). His crib is at its lowest setting and he’s fully capable of hiking a leg over and escaping. My son just turned two, and he’s a tall, lanky thing.
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