How to Get a Toddler to Sleep All Night

Video Transcript

"Have you ever wondered how to get your child to sleep through the night? It is one of the most stressful things for a parent. As they lay their head down the first thing that pops into their mind; is my child going to sleep all night? Let me tell you. I am going through that right now. Let me give you some tips and advice. The first thing is. Your bed time routine needs to be consistent. Every single night you need to do the same thing. Leading into bedtime. The expectations in the routine need to be very similar. So when your child goes to bed they know they are down for the night. They are down to sleep. One thing you can do that we do with our daughter. Is put some quiet music on. Let them listen to some music. Sometimes children are not ready to wined down just because we say they should be going down. Let them wind down listening to some music. Make sure that you also have a night light. Our daughter needs a night light so she can at least have some light in her room. Also make sure that what they are eating for dinner is not going to wire them up. Sugars and caffeines. You want to make sure that you are staying away from those. Also place maybe a cup of water where if your child is one of these children like mine does. That she needs to be up to go to the potty or have a cup of water. Make sure you have those supplies handy for them so they can get up and get them themselves. Also if your child wakes up during the middle of the night. Which I am here to tell you mine does. Give them some time to cry it out. Don't rush up there; don't scoop them out of bed. If you have to go up because they have worked themselves up into hysteria. Make sure and they are hysterically crying. Make sure that you go up there and you don't get them out of bed. Talk to them, soothe them. Let them maybe settle back down. Snuggle them back up. But don't get them out of bed. I am a big believer in letting them learn how to fall back asleep on their own. Don't bring them to bed. That is a bad move. This is Doctor Donna with some tips on helping your child sleep through the night. Good luck."