Is it normal for my almost 2 year old to take over an hour to fall asleep at night?

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He fights it so hard. Asking for water. Asking for his teddy. Talking about cats. Talking about his feet. Changing bedtime doesn’t seem to matter to him. He’s had the same bed routine since infancy. He used to go right to sleep and the past few weeks he is up for almost 1.5 hours just rolling around crying, talking, doing everything to not fall asleep. I’m getting so frustrated.

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No one is as busy as a toddler at bedtime 😅
Have your routine. Have limits. Hold your boundaries.
We've been there but we found that we had to be very firm and not allow all sorts of things.
It was hard, it caused tantrums for a bit but she has accepted it now.
We do our routine, we have some water and we're placing a cup next to her bed so she can take water herself and then it's bed time. We do have an agreement that I have to come check on her between me doing me boring adult stuff in the evening. Usually I strecht it because she falls asleep if given enough time.
Takes less than an hour now, but still often half an hour.

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Ied cut thr nap out and see if that helps

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It can be normal, but it might also mean his sleep needs are decreasing. How long is his nap?

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My 2 year old is the same way. It’s very frustrating some nights 😓

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Yes it’s normal.

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Yes! My 2 year old sometimes takes even more. I just put him down on his crib at 8:30. And he sings, laughs, cries sometimes and then he fall asleep on his own.

Is it normal for my almost 2 year old to take over an hour to fall asleep at night?

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