The Art of Sleep: The Toddler
(This is the continuation of the Newborn and Baby sleep posts)
Just when you think you’ve got your nights figured out, you get a toddler. Infant issues often seem mild by comparison. Your infant can’t talk back. Your infant most likely won’t follow you out of the room, and your infant often doesn’t realize that the rest of the world isn’t going to bed at 7pm. (Although you may wish you were.)
Foundations
Ideally you’ve set the foundations for sleep as your little one was growing. Hopefully somewhere along the line, she’s learned to fall asleep on her own or at least is only waking up once to eat by the time she’s a year old. In theory babies shouldn’t be waking up past 9 months to eat, but as the mother of huge babies, I say, if they’re hungry – feed them. After all, my kids at least will be twice the size of most by the fifth grade.
