Hysterical toddler
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It’s so odd tho. He was completely fine for almost a year. If not longer. He has never hated his crib, and never had a problem with going to sleep on his own after getting sleep trained. Once he’s asleep he sleeps the whole night. But he just has a freak out forever beforehand. I’m just not sure if it could be separation anxiety or if he’s scared of the dark? Like idk I’m so lost
It might be a developmental stage of some sort…literally the same thing with my son, similar timelines too.. I think it could be part separation anxiety because now they’re more conscious of our presence and developed a deeper attachment. My son also goes to day care and the caregiver puts all of them down for a nap in the same room, I’m thinking he’s also used to the company in day care and probably wants the same at home. I know it sucks and feels like going backwards after a year of independent sleep, but I don’t think there’s much you can do at the moment..changing this new habit will take some time and patience..I have a second baby on the way due in a month or so…can’t even imagine the shit show that awaits us if my son doesn’t start sleeping on his own again 🙈
The exact same thing happened with my son a few months ago..we were spoiled with full night sleeps and him falling asleep on his own for naps and bedtime and then all of a sudden he started crying his lungs out and resist sleep… sadly not much you can really do about it aside from adjust to a new routine with him…now we stay in the room with him until he falls asleep, sometimes we sneak away afterwards but he wakes up looking for us, so often either me or hubby just sleep with him the whole night, same thing for naps. We do have a normal bed in his room to be able to rest comfy ourselves..but yeah that’s been our new reality since august now. Our sons are similar age.