For parents of toddlers · 12–36 months
Bedtime became a negotiation. You keep losing.
Nothing went wrong. At twelve months the biology settles — and a person with opinions takes over.
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It’s 9:40pm. He’s been out of bed eleven times.
Bath. Two books. The same song. You did the whole routine, exactly like last night.
Then: water. Then the toilet. Then a different teddy. Then crying at the top of the stairs.
At 9:40 you gave in, because tomorrow is a work day and you had nothing left.
And the thought you haven’t said out loud to anyone:
The part nobody explained
The rules changed at twelve months. Nobody told you.
Under a year, night waking was something your baby could not do differently. After a year, most of it is something your toddler would rather not. That sounds worse. It’s actually better — because “will not” responds to consistency in a way “cannot” never did.
Around two, imagination switches on. Wonderful at 4pm. At 2am it means the shadow on the wall is genuinely, sincerely a bear — and reassurance that works on a fear you don’t believe in is a different job from holding a boundary.
And the trap: giving in once, because you’re exhausted, is more powerful than never holding the line at all. An occasional concession teaches persistence pays. That’s why last night undid three good ones.
You didn’t create this. You were handed a different problem and the same old advice.
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He’s getting out of bed tonight either way.
You’ll be standing in that doorway at 9:40 regardless.
The only question is whether you’ll know what to say.
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Sleep education, not medical advice. Speak to your doctor, health visitor or paediatrician about your child’s health, breathing or development.