Has anyone ever had a toddler diagnosed with a sleeping disorder or something similar? My 2-year-old has never really slept all night. She will either wake up once or very early or sometimes be up for several hours throughout the night. Now she does this so often it’s sad to say I’m almost used to it. She will take one nap throughout the day, and it’s nowhere near bedtime. Just wondering what could be causing this, we do have an appt with her pediatrician next week and will be following up on this
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My son woke up every single night at 3 - 330 am til he was 5.
They grow out of it. He’s almost 10 and sleeps great now.
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Remove the nap as hard as it seems . Only reason all 3 of my boys started sleeping all night (all shortly after turning 2)
It doesn’t sound like a sleeping disorder. It is normal that young children wake up at night. You have to have a plan and a strict sleeping schedule in place and follow it every single day. Bad sleep habits form because of many things, sometimes it because they are overtired, sometimes it’s because there is no routine and sometimes it’s because you haven’t set boundaries and rules and stick to them.
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It’s definitely normal and not a disorder at that age. All kids sleep different. My oldest didn’t sleep through the night until 4. He would go to sleep at 8 wake up between 12-2, go back to sleep and wake up at 8, now at 11 he sleeps from 8-5 . My second son hardly ever sleeps hes now 9. He slept in from like 8 pm- 2 am wake up for 4 then take maybe go back for 2-3 hours, never a nap taker. At 9 he sleeps from 10-5 am. My three year old finally slept through the night by 2. Now she sleeps from 7pm until 4 am, takes a nap at 3 for about a hour. My 5 month old sleeps from 7-12 wakes up for one hour then sleeps till 8 am, and takes a nap from 12-2. I don’t care how strict you go by schedules all people are different. I need 10 hours or atleast a tiny nap during the day. Hubby can go off 6 hours of sleep and be fine. Just because your kid sleeps differenrly doesn’t mean theirs something wrong. I would only worry if they sleep to much
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None of my 3 kids slept all night until about 2and a half
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My grandson is almost 2, he sleeps 12 hour stretches at night, however he wakes a couple times thru the night & still wants a clean diaper, a drink from a bottle (he’s just now weining from breast) & if teething, we give Tylenol to help him rest.
He also loves it to be dark with a fan on low & will not sleep soundly if there’s no fan or even a nightlight on.
I don’t think you have a sleeping disorder, I think you just have a little one learning how to sleep.
Just hold her, rock her, sing or hum to her & honestly just enjoy that quiet bonding time because it slips away so very fast 
I don’t think it’s a sleep disorder my two year old currently doesn’t sleep at night she stays awake all night till like 5 am or she go to sleep and sleep for a couple hours or a few and wake up at 3 am and awake till like 9am
My son was the same it was due to many ear infections and Autism
Our 3 yr old son stays up til sometimes 4 or 5am usually by 3am hes sleeping this is his norm right now. We even took his light bulb out thinking if he couldn’t see to play he’d sleep. We were wrong lol. Our 2 yr old daughter has never slept through the night. They end growing out of it with age. I dont sleep through the night either and im 36 lmao
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Totally normal. Cut back on her nap and ensure she gets a lot of energy out in the late afternoon before bedtime.
Sounds normal to me, my kids are 5 and 4 and still do this sometimes
Following I have a 2 year old son that still wakes up multiple times a night no matter what I do
How is that a sleep disorder… it normal… my 2 year old still wakes up through the night (not every child is the same) I still wake several times at night…
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My oldest is 5 and wakes up once or twice a night still. Unless there are some other kind of symptoms than I would say its normal.
Sounds like a thing they do. My almost 3 year old will fall asleep at 8-9 and wake up around 11pm and be up for hours before falling back asleep
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My son was this way basically from birth, he never really slept. No matter what we did it was the same every night. When h was 2 we talked to his doctor and had a sleep study done. Turned out he had obstructive sleep apnea that was causing him to never really sleep. He had a sleep study done and they found he was waking up on average 45 times per hour, thats almost every minute, from lack of oxygen. It wasnt like he was becoming wide awake but he never really hit REM sleep. That was the average though so sometimes he would go a little longer before waking up and sometimes it was even more frequent. He had his tonsils and adnoids removed and its gone. He sleeps like a champ now, no more waking up and plus he has a much better attitude and is able to focus and learn better. Any way my advice is get a sleep study done. Its hell when they are that young to do it but it could be worth it. He is almost 3 now and every once in a while he will wake up at night, but he doesnt stay up he just wants to cuddle or change his pull up then right back to sleep. I am not saying all these comments who say this is normal are wrong, but don’t count it out. If you have concerns definitely bring it up to your doctor. I thought it was normal for my son too and it turned out not to be.
A disorder? You mean a completely normal toddler?
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There’s nothing wrong with your daughter. I feel like you just described my 3 year old and some of the phases we went through. It’s so exhausting, i tell everyone that i haven’t slept in 3 years and they think I’m joking lol. I’m right here with you waiting for my son’s sleep to improve but I know it will happen and probably sooner than we imagine. Hugs
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I’ve always wondered if my son (17m) inherited my insomnia… but I think he’s just a toddler who doesn’t sleep well! Similar situation here. He takes one long nap in the afternoon then has about 5 hours before bedtime. Usually goes to bed REALLY late though, and gets up after a few hours (around 3am) and stays up for 3-4 hours! Then goes back to bed. It’s brutal! It goes in waves for him though… hopefully your daughter gets a normal sleep schedule down at some point. But I have had friends say their kids never slept well until they started school 
Look into pediatric sleep specialists. Worked for us!
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My son who is now 5 year old still to this day dose not sleep he maybe only have 20 mins sleep and yes he has ASD so I would take your little to see if it is ASD
It’s the age lol. Any kid under 5 this is considered completely normal. All of mine woke up at least twice a night for drink/bathroom etc. until 3-4 years old.
Melatonin 3 to 5 mgs
There is a 2 yr sleep regression my son hit it and at same time dropped his nap so was all kind of crazy but it settled. He now sleeps 11 hours most nights
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Lack of melatonin could be responsible.
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My youngest has had this issue for many years she’s 8 now and fortunately two years ago we found 428 & 532 HZ frequency music on YouTube and it puts her to sleep within minutes…we had a niece stay the night a couple weekends ago and her mom uses melatonin to help our niece sleep but that night she didn’t send any…my niece looks at her uncle and says I can’t sleep without melatonin and he responded oh just try and give this music a try and she said “bet it doesn’t work…I’ll still be up at two in the morning” her uncle says bet now go and lay down…and she did and within 5 minutes she was sound asleep…I’ve always been reluctant on giving littles ones melatonin because it’s something our body makes naturally and I’ve worried about their brain not producing it naturally if we supplement it…I have a nephew who has been given melatonin since he was real young and now he’s on such a strong dose at 11 and I didn’t want that to happen to my littles.
It’s pretty normal for kids not to sleep through the night. Sleep is developmental and many kids just aren’t good sleepers.
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My 7 year old did this as well when it was time for him to start school his pediatrician recommend melatonin. So we give him one everyone school night and he gets great sleep
My daughter quit sleeping almost all together when she was about 18 months. She would sleep for about 2 hours at night and then be up all day. She never napped during the day no matter how much we tried. This kept on til she was about 3 years old. We talked to countless doctors and they all said “ she needs sleep training”. Nothing they recommended worked and we just did our best to deal with it. At about 3 she started sleeping “normally” again. Maybe 8-10 hours at night. That lasted til she was 7 and then she went back to no sleep. Drs did sleep studies and determined yet again that she just needed sleep training. Now she takes melatonin to fall asleep but she’s still a pretty poor sleeper. Some nights she’ll sleep 4 or hours. Others 12-14.
My oldest daughter didn’t sleep well because of her adenoids. They caused her ear pain when laying down. Pediatrician wouldn’t believe me because her ears weren’t infected, the adenoids were too big and caused pressure on her eardrums. I had to get her to an ear nose throat Dr. Had her adenoids removed and she slept great ever since.
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I want to apologize if you felt that I was making light of your situation. I wasn’t and I remember very clearly how it felt to be exhausted and worried even though it has been more than 35 years. Best of luck to you.
My son didn’t really sleep until he was three. He and the dog raided the refrigerator one night. We woke up with a trail of food leading from the refrigerator to the tv. One of many episodes that we laugh about now.
Both of my daughter had been diagnosed with sleep apnea before the age of 4. Had sleep studies done. One had tonsils and adenoids removed and the other had adenoids removed and turbinate reduction. Made all the difference in the world. They have had multiple sleep studies since then just to monitor it! I highly recommend a sleep study. I found out my oldest was never actually getting into REM sleep at all!!
My son is to go days without sleep. I would put a gate across his doorway and listen to him play all night. When he went to sleep he would be out for a day or two. This started when he was about 2 and ended when he was about 4. The doctor couldn’t find anything causing just over active brain function.
I daughter never slept through the night until the age of 3. We had sleep studies done and everything came back fine. Her pedi said there is 3% of kids that dont require much sleep and she just so happens to be one of them. She is 5 now and still wakes in the middle of the night ready to start the day every once in a while.
My daughter slept all day long and was up all night long for the first two days of her life. I sleep best between 22:00 hours and 06:00 hours. My friend Jonathan sleeps best between 09:00 and 16:00 hours. We’re all different and there is Seasonal Affective Disorder. I sleep best in the winter when days are short. I get too hyper during the summer.
I would have her evaluated . Could be so many different things .
My daughter was like this. She was diagnosed ADHD as an adult and dr told her that it is very common for those with ADHD to have sleep problems as children. It has to do with circadian rhythm being out of sync.
My youngest daughter was like that. She never slept through the night before she was like seven or eight. She would stay up till like 1am and be back up at 5am no naps.
I would suggest seeing an ENT and maybe having a sleep study done.
My oldest never slept- and at 35 years old still doesn’t sleep all night, every night. My other two slept all night from two months old. My pediatrician just said “some kids/people don’t need as much sleep”. I was hoping he could give me some suggestions on what to do. Good luck- hope your doctor can help you or other parents have some advice
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breathing issues, diabetes–low bs will cause like a panic attack without realizing it.
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have then check her tonsils.
Does she drink milk. My sister was like that turned out to be allergy to milk.
I still got that sleep apnea it helped me sleep
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My granddaughter was afraid of the dark and we got her glow worm
Yep, mine slept all day, and up all night, and would stay awake for days at a time. She finally adjusted, and fell into a normal rhythm, without drugs!!! Doctors said it was MY habits that was causing it. But that was before Dr. Spock! (Sarcasm) I was never given a reason as to why she wouldn’t sleep, other than it was me!
We had a neighbor with a 2 year old who had never slept thru the night. Someone suggested taking the child to a chiropractor and after having a few spinal adjustments, the child began sleeping thru the night.
My first one didn’t sleep all night until she was 3 years. 3rd one slept all night at about 2 weeks. Every body is different, including the little people
My 5 and 3 year old dont sleep all night, never have. And when I try to get up and put them in their own bed to go to sleep they literally just lay there or cry for hours, so I just gave up and let them in my bed. Im a full time mom 4 days a week and a full time mom+ work a job 3 days a week with a chronic illness, its either I “suck” at some aspect of parenting or suffer even more so, I chose to get the 3 hours of sleep lol. Its normal for kids to not sleep through the night, drop the nap it might help. Also establish a very good bedtime routine. It sucks when you are invited somewhere and have to say “no my kids have to in bed by __o clock” but in the end, it’s worth it because you atleast don’t have to start your routine over again.
Wasting your time and the doctor’s too this ain’t a sleep disorder 
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My son had obstructed sleep apnea and needed his tonsils and adenoids removed. They said his airway was barely open when sleeping. He also has restless leg syndrome and his iron/ferritin was low so he needed iron supplements. After we got this corrected he is sleeping so much better.
My grandson had his tonsils and adenoids out because they were causing sleep apnea.
Ask you’re pediatrician about melatonin ?
More magnesium in their diet will most likely cure this issue.
My daughter sleeps for 3 hours and then up the rest of the night, her doctor said insomnia.
Try giving him coffee. A lot of kids will react differently on how it effects them. It usually will slow them down.
She is not the one who needs sleep it’s just you who needs ut. Wait one day you will wish she would wake up, the day will come when she will sleep a lot.
Maybe stop her from taking a nap during the day
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Is she eating enough before bed, maybe shes hungry and thirty, my 21 month does this sometime, I give her a healthy snack and her almond milk and she goes back to sleep
Yes. Melatonin helped. But dont ever give without speaking to a Doctor 1st.