Not sleeping

Is anyone else's 14 month old just not doing great at night again? He's just awful at the moment. He always goes to sleep around 7.30/8, used to probably wake up once but go straight back to sleep & sleep till 6/6.30.

Now he is often fighting me at night, takes a good hr/hr & half to get him to sleep. He will fall sleep then wake around 12ish screaming, I'll sit with him & I can be in there for a good 3 hours. But he will keep getting up, spitting his dummy out, laughing at me. It's draining the life out of me, I'm so fed up with it

I've tried sleep training etc... it's just never worked. I need tips though

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How is his sleep during the day? Is he having 1 or 2 naps?

My 14 month was doing exactly the same. Whittled the naps down to one 2 hour sleep a day and it's working a treat. She sleeps at around 12ish and then up at 2pm until 7.30. I'm also doing the whole bathing, massage, book, bottle thing and it's made a huge difference. Although she did wake at 3am thus morning teething ☺️ xx

Yes my LO also screams at night crying so I just bf for comfort n then she settles back down sometimes it can be longer than a minute or two.

Yh she'll laugh during the day when she does that at after her nap and I'd be wanting her to nap longer

It does get draining! I get you! Gp said it's teething but it's been happening over a month or two now

I've never tried sleep training. Sorry o don't have any tips for you but just letting you know it happens here too! It'll pass 🥰🙏😘

My son has never been a good sleeper so it’s not really new to us, been going to sleep late and waking up around 3 am-6 am and then we have to get up for the school run at 7 am

Yup my 15 month went through the same! I put it down to leap 9 but sometimes I never know! Can your partner help? My LO seems better this week but honestly, bedtime is like a roll of the dice these days 🙈 hope for all our sanities it passes!

sometimes 2 but mostly just 1 after lunch

my partner helps as much as possible tbf. But my little boy only ever wants me as his comfort is my hair! 🥲😂

Hey! I’m Mel a holistic sleep consultant registered nurse and mum of two. This age is such a tough one and really a common one for sleep to go “A bit up the shitter”.

Lots of developing and toddlers starting to learn to be more independent and knowing what they want. As mentioned earlier it is roughly around this age children drop to one nap rough estimate is 14-18 months.

It sounds like you are doing great sometimes having a refresh of the bedtime routine can help as well.

Good luck!!

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haha, same with ours, she looooves playing with my hair when she's falling asleep 😂

Had the same issue with my little guy, started fighting bedtime and naps, having short naps and waking a lot at night. We have moved him to one nap and he is back to normal. Also check for teething, he just cut a molar and for the first week he would wake up screaming in the night, it eased off a bit in week two but took 4 weeks to fully come through.

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