Kids won’t sleep alone

Hello I have a 3 year old and 1 year old and they used to go to sleep on their own and sleep all the way through but in the past 6 months they won’t sleep unless I’m with them and then when I leave they wake up a few hours later screaming and won’t go sleep until I get back into bed with them!! Just found out I’m pregnant so we have 8 months to try and get the kids to sleep independently does anyone have any tips?
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I’m afraid the only way I’ve ever heard of is persistence! Every time they wake up or get out of bed put them back to bed trying not to say too much. Particularly with the 3 year old. It’s amazing how quickly kids figure out how to get mummy to do what they want! It could take one night, it could take 5 but it’ll be so worth it for everyone to get a good night sleep again. Are they in the same room and waking each other up?

Yea they are and they sleep in the same bed as when they had seperate beds they just kept sleeping with each other so we got them a double bed

Could you put them both in a double bed together so they still aren’t sleeping alone?

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