My daughter does not go to sleep at a reasonable time...advice?

My 2 year old daughter has been NOT going to sleep at a reasonable time. As soon as I pick her up from my mom’s after work at 4:15 pm she is absolutely miserable until she goes to sleep for like the past 2 weeks. I try all the things. She likes to be rocked to music either standing or in the rocking chair. I’ve been doing it at the same time, 7:30 pm, and she’s out by 8-8:30 at the latest. I tried putting her in her bed, my bed, the couch, everything. Last night she was up until 11 pm. Tonight she just wouldn’t stop crying. I keep asking her what she needs and obviously doing all the things I normally do, and she just wouldn’t calm down. Before any of you come at me lol yes I am calm, im soothing, she has access to a drink if she wants, snacks if she wants, anything. I finally asked her if she wanted to go for a car ride and she did and fell asleep within a few minutes. It’s 9 pm now. I don’t know if this is normal for her age but I am about to lose my mind.

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Mine is between 930 and midnight for my 21 month old

Does she nap during the day?? Sounds like she is completely exhausted/overtired and then can’t switch off for sleep. Good napping during the day Will aid good sleep at night I never believed this when I read it in a book but I followed the advice and was surprised how Well it worked… and being 2 years old is still very young to be dropping naps normally children drop naps when they are ready

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Have you checked to see if there have been any changes at the Daycare

My daughter is 15 months and she goes to sleep whenever she wants. It normally is anywhere from 9:30-midnight.

Could be too many naps …could be too long of naps …could be that she’s going through a sleep regression. Just stick with your routine and everything will work itself out. 

Congratulations :clap:, she’s 2

Try to keep her up during the day. All of mine stopped sleeping during the day by a year old. My youngest is adhd autistic but that boy can go days with out sleep. I’ve seen him stay up 24+ hours before we started meds PLEASE TRY EVERYTHING BEFORE MEDS but try to adjust her daily routine

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Shorten the nap.
Let her run around outside.

I find about that age a few of my kids needed to just cry a bit. Like they no longer want to nurse to sleep but can’t settle so I lay with them and reassure them and let them work through their “stuff”. Seems to help and within a few days they’re sleeping well

She’s napping too much where she is while u are working ! And needs to cut down on day naps at her age. So she will sleep at night

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I don’t think this is an indication of “too many” naps. It’s an indication of her being over tired and fighting it. My daughter is 2and a 1/2. If I don’t give her a nap or a good amount of time for a nap, she is like this as well. For instance, if she’s up at 6am, nap at 12pm til 1-130, then play, eat, whatever until 730. Bedtime routine, and asleep by 8-830. If I don’t do the nap, or let her get a decent length in, she is cranky and that night will be complete hell. Indication of too many naps or such would be extreme hyper, ready to play, ect.

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Make sure that no naps are happening, oh lord, of my son gets a nap he’s ruined for the rest of the day and up all night.