Help with two year old he wont go to sleep!!!?

My son will be two next month and he wont go to sleep for nothing! We have a routine that we follow at night, bath, brush teeth, read a story, go to sleep. He even helps pick out a book and get comfey in his bed while i read him a story.i give him a hug and kiss, then once i turn off the light and close the door he is immedently up and opening his door. every time he gets up i put him back in his bed, tell him to go to bed then go out and close the door. We go through this every two to five mins for an hour and a half to two hours!!!!! EVERY SINGLE NIGHT FOR THE LAST YEAR! I know he is tried because he is almost falling alseep on the couch! he wakes up at seven-thrity in the morning and takes an hour nap around one pm. I've tried to cut out the nap but he is falling alseep by supper, then wont go to bed untill midnight or later. Please moms with difficult sleepers give me some tips on getting him to sleep. I am going crazy!! is it illegal to lock his door until he's asleep ?

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Have you tried putting a night light on and not closing the door? He might be afraid. Maybe a little classical or relaxing, soft music while he's trying to get to sleep may help.

Make sure that he isn't doing anything real active before you put him down. It sounds like you are on the right track and doing the right things. Maybe he just doesn't want to be alone! Just reassure him that you will be close by if he needs you.

Did something happen that would make him afraid of the dark or to be alone? If you could get to the bottom of what is causing this behavior, that would be half your battle!

When our daughter was little, we went through a similar situation at bed time. She would not go to sleep unless I sat in the room. It got very exhausting after a while. When we finally found out what the problem was, (the door to the attic was in her room and that scared her!) my husband put a bolt on the door and that solved our problem. So you really need to figure out why he doesn't want to go to sleep.

Loads of luck!

Don't lock him in!

He's getting sleepy at the correct time, but something else is going wrong. He's not tired enough. He needs more exercise and ways to work off energy during the day in order to make his muscles tired as well as having his brain sleepy.

I used to do laps with my two to three year old in the driveway for a half-hour or more about two hours before bedtime, just to make sure she had gotten enough large motor exercise and aerobic oxygen exchange each day. When bedtime rolled around, she was not only sleepy, but the little muscles were too tired to support getting out of bed after lights-out.

Good luck!

Yeah, I don't know if locking his door is illegal, but I would not advise that because of the risks involved. Have you tried giving him a bubble bath with lavender scents? Lavender is known for its soothing effects. Also, you can try giving him some slightly warm milk which has the same affect. If these don't work, take a more assertive approach and tell him that if he doesn't go to bed, that there will be consequences and then list them. Obviously, things that he won't want to happen.

Good luck with him!

I know this will sound insane but secure your doors so that he can't get out and you go to bed when you put him to bed. I had one that did that. He was afraid he was missing something in the other room where we were. I finally put him to bed, turned out every light in the house and daddy and I went to bed and there was nothing for him to do he got bored and went to bed.!!

For my kid exercise before bed just wound him even more. at one time I bought him a batman flashlight and had batteries in the house and I gave him the flashlight. He would shine that on his wall or ceiling and I could hear him say Batman! every once in a while but he would finally drift off to sleep. I should have bought stock in the battery company

Oh it is HELL isn't it. You have a stubborn kid there. Mine was pretty bad like that. IT IS TIME to get professional on him. There is a woman in America called The Sleep Lady, she has a book which I think is called Good night, sleep tight. Look her up on the net. Your little hero has now made his tricky-sleep-pattern into a habit which has been going on for so long that he will really need help to break out of it.
It is in His Best Interests to get a professional in now. Even just the right book, it won't cost much and it may save your sanity. Research until you find the right book, there will be one somewhere in the world which describes this exact problem. Find it and it will have a solution. Do this for his sake as much as yours. Good luck, and keep going until you find the perfect plan.

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