Toddler Sleep Issues - A Phase??

I'm wondering what this new phase my toddler is going through...

We put her to bed (usually without argument) around 8:15-8:30pm every night - but she does not fall asleep until 9:30-10:00 pm most nights (like tonight - she is still awake right now doing whatever possible to not sleep!). She sings to herself, she calls for "Dadda & Momma - I lost my binky!" after she threw it on the floor. Or "Dadda! Momma! Where are you?" I don't get it. She sleeps fine throughout the night once she does fall asleep but it's like she can't get herself to sleep for a good hour after she is put to bed.

There are so many phases to children these days - I never know what's going to pop up next!

Tired Puggy

Hailey taking a little snooze.

SLEEP - Update!!

So I thought we were getting somewhere when my 6 - now almost 7 month old started sleeping until 6am a few mornings a week. Then - this past week - she has decided that 4:30AM is a good time to wake up - EVERY DAY!!! UGH!!!

Facebook Status & Comments - Sleep & Kids

ME:
Getting ready for the day after a not so great night of sleep.

Friend One:
why is someone sick?????

Friend Two:
Join the club! My boy was up three times last night. Once he flung himself up and over me while I was sleeping...trying to get into the big bed. The second time he woke up screaming about big bugs. The third time, I ended up in his bed with him! UGH!

Friend Three:
Big Bugs? Well didn't DADDY the Exterminator get rid of them lol..and he has a few "Uncles" that can help out with the BUG issue lol...Kids and their imaginations. My girl has done that a few times. Says she had a big bug in her bed..to the point I had to go get her a new blanket to sleep with cause she wouldn't use the one that had the "bugs" on them lol.

ME:
No one is sick - just my girl was restless - up constantly from 1am-5am - then at 5am decided to sleep for another 1 1/2 hours - great for her but stinks for us (my husband & I) as we had to get up to get ready for work. UGH!Yeah Friend Two - I definitely with Friend Three on the Big Bugs theory - have Daddy scare them away next time!!

Friend Four:
I feel your pain...although my girl slept well last night she just didn't fall asleep until 10:30PM. It could have been that 3 hour nap her father let her take 4-7PM!!!

ME:
Ugh!! Doesn't he know that there is NO Napping after 4pm (unless it's like a 20 minute cap nap). I hope you made him stay up with her.

Sleep - a little longer - Please! - UPDATE

Sleep is getting better with the little one now - she'll sleep at times until 6am-6:30am on some days - but others it's still up around 5am-5:30am. I guess it's true what someone once told me - once you have kids you'll never sleep like you used to!

Sleep - a little longer - Please!!

How to get my 6 month old to sleep past 5am? That is the question. She sleeps pretty well - from around 8pm to 5am - 9 hours. But she cannot seem to sleep past 5 am - EVER! She gets up and has a bottle - then about 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours later she will go back down for about an hour nap. I wish she would sleep the extra hour in the morning (until 6am at least) then get up for a bottle and be up for a few hours longer. It makes mornings very difficult to get everyone up and going. On the days I work - she wants to take her hour nap when we have to leave and so we end up with a very cranky baby (as well as a very cranky mommy and whinny 2 year old sister to top it all off). I just wish there was a way to get her to sleep an extra hour longer in the morning. We've tried putting her to bed a little later but it does not seem to help. She has a full bottle right before she goes to bed so I'm at a loss for what to do. Any suggestions??