Toddler sleeping super late at night I need urgent advice?! :/

Question

Hi everyone. I am very very sick and tired of my 16 month old daughter sleeping very late at night. She has broken a record this month by sleeping at 1.30!! It varies but she sleeps at anywhere from 12-1pm. 
This started more than a month ago. No changes whatsoever. Prior to that she would sleep around 9-10, she would just drop to sleep. Now whenever I take her to our bed and give her a bottle she refuses to sleep! She gets up and does other annoying things I get tired and give in, I take her to the living room sometimes so she could play with her toys and hopefully get tired and want to sleep. But she doesn’t. She wakes up around 9-10 am, sometimes 11. She takes one or two naps in the day. Before this sleep regression she would be waking up around 8.30-9am. 
This is impacting my relationship with my husband it has placed a huge strain because we do not have any alone time. As well as having its mental toll on me. I need a solution to this issue quickly. Please send over your suggestions quickly for me 😣😣
Shall I wake her up early every morning (8 am) and see how that goes? I am worried she is not getting enough sleep because experts say at her age she needs at least 11 hours of sleep. I am honesty frustrated to the brim and worried as hell… I can no longer cope with this. 😰😰

Answer

I’d drop the bottle. 
Start working on a strict schedule.
A 16m old is likely trying to drop to 1 nap. 
Sounds like babe is overtired. An overtired child is going to fight sleep and wake more often. 
9pm bedtime (start winding down around 8). Nap at 12-2ish. Wake at 8-10am. 
Stick to a schedule. Once the schedule is in place, it’ll be smoother. Add in solid routines (read books, bath time, bedtime snack, sing songs, turn on the sound machine, turn on the night light, turn off the lights). 
It sounds like you are trying to let babe take the lead too much. 
It’s tricky! It’ll get better!

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Get her on a normal schedule. It may take a week or two, but be consistent. If she gets a few days of less sleep, it should help force her to get on a schedule. I would get her up no later than 9 AM. Also, at 16 months she should probably only be on one nap per day. Kids won’t sleep at night if they get too much sleep during the day. Also, there is a range for sleep needs, both overnight and total hours in a 24 hour period. Some kids need less sleep than others.
Look into Taking Cara Babies or other sites for what her wake windows should be. It’s possible she’s napping too close to bedtime and that’s why she won’t go to sleep. But wouldn’t be letting her party all night or sleep all morning. Force her into a better schedule.

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Is she napping regularly during the day? What is her bedtime routine like? At 16 months, it’s reasonable to expect her to learn to self soothe a bit. 1 am is way too late for bedtime, and those are really late wake times in my opinion. My kids went to bed at 8 and woke around 6/6:30, 7 at the latest. They napped regularly at that age as well.

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She may be having too many naps. Mine does this and she’s almost 5. Because the state mandates nap time until kindergarten. She goes to sleep by midnight on school days and by 8 pm on the weekends

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Toddler sleeping super late at night I need urgent advice?! :/

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