18 month old not sleeping through the night....

We put our son to sleep the same way every night with an established sleep routine. He falls asleep by 7:30-8:00 but always wakes up between 12-2am crying and standing in his cot. We try and put him down and soothe him, but he refuses to sleep in his cot afterwards. We give him a drink and change his nappy, but that still doesn't work. I have tried to leave him to cry himself back to sleep but that doesn't work, i have tried even laying in his bed with him to get back to sleep but as soon as i leave he wakes a faw minutes later. We have even got the tommee tippee dreammaker light to see if it's works, but it only works for a few moments.

I don't know what else to do, and I am so tired and at a loss what else to do. Much as I hate doing it, I have to resort to taking him to bed with me to get him back to sleep, and he ends up staying in our bed all night. I really just want him to stay in his our bed all night...... please help xx

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Hi! We're going through something similar. Although with my LO, we've just moved house and he's starred a new nursery and his language skills are just developing so much every day. I think it's normal for a sleep regression at this age? I had been sleeping on his floor when we had just moved in and he was poorly, but now if he wakes I go in and comfort him and then leave the room. Had 4 wake ups last night between midnight and 6am, but I didn't have to sleep on his floor. It's so tough isn't it, I'm sorry I don't have any answers, just solidarity! X

We are going through the same thing too. He has never slept through and I am at my wits end and so exhausted!! X

Also sounds like separation anxiety, which I think peaks around this age? X

We are going through the same!! He immediately falls asleep in our bed…but refuses to sleep in his own post 1 am! I have given in to co sleeping otherwise I am up 5 times through out the night just to soothe him and get him back to sleep in his own cot!

We are going through the exact same thing, down at 8 and up sometime between 12-2 , won't settle, but immediately falls asleep between us and until 8am, so we just go with it to get sleep! She even had a late night last weekend as we were travelling and didn't go in her cot until 10.30, still woke up at 1! Xx

same!

We’re the same! He goes down about 8pm and was wakening anywhere between 12-2am but last night was 11.40ish and cried but I’ve been trying to leave him (so hard) and he settled and didn’t hear him till this morning. Sometimes it can be around 3am ish. I’m so tired and feel so unmotivated because I’m that tired. Unsure if it’s a sleep regression or separation anxiety as when I leave a room he’ll only want me and when it comes to dinner time his dad tried to give him dinner and he wouldn’t eat it until I fed him so really don’t know what it is x

We’re going through this too. I just bring her into my bed and then she sleeps the rest of the night, I won’t ever leave her to cry and I’m too tired to try anything else 😂

My son was the same at this age and I Iet him sleep in our bed too. He’s now 4 and has been sleeping through in his own bed for a couple of years, so I know it won’t last forever ☺️

We have just gone through prettt much the exact same thing, it was hard and exhausting, no advice I just started not bringing him into our room and kept going in to settle him until it was time to get up x

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