And here's the hard part. James, my 2 year old has been having some issues. Let me give you his background. James has ALWAYS loved to sleep. He was the baby who kept his 3 naps when everyone else was down to 2. Going to sleep at night was wonderful because you put him down, gave him his binky and he went to sleep for 12 hours. That was until a few weeks ago. After trying for the 2nd time to put him in a toddler bed, he's now back in his crib. When he wakes up from his naps, he starts yelling until you come up. When you go get him, he won't get out of bed and pulls the blanket back up over his head. That's not a fun game. Especially when there's a fussy 7 month old downstairs yelling. And this in addition to the fact that our whole house is hardwood floor, so every echoes!! Anyways, last night we put James down at 7:30, because he was super fussy all day. So, around 8:20 he starts to yell. So, we go up and think maybe he lost his binky.......This lasted for another 3 1/2 hours. I'm dead tired from Ryan's lack of sleep, the rough morning and now, James, who won't go to sleep. So, we bring him downstairs for a bit, no sleep. We bring him in our bed, no sleep. So, Alex falls asleep around 10:30 or so and James is till wide awake. Or so he appears. Finally, I got him in bed at 11:45 and he fell asleep.....Till 5:30....I didn't go get him after he started yelling and he quieted down. But started again at 6:30...So, any suggestions on what the problem could be?
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I don't know that you'll like this answer, but here goes...
1. There is a "normal" path of behavior called 'colic' that includes much of what you describe with Ryan. If you do an Internet search you will find lots of advice, but they all typically include the caveat that this condition isn't medically understood well, and just happens in some babies.
2. I've noticed each of our 2 daughters regress when there's a new baby in the house. In both of their cases, it happened right around age 2, and that's when we got serious about discipline. This helped us be more forceful about moving them into a toddler bed, although that is always going to be a struggle. And, as someone in our family said, "No one ever died from crying..." So, get some earplugs, and let him cry, fuss, etc...
I forgot to say, it sounds like you have a good response to all this: medically healthy children are the important things. Our response to the other issues help us move along the path of sanctification more quickly...
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