Is there a 2.5 year sleep regression?

My little girl is 2.5 and bedtime is traumatic as of late. Every night she ends up getting told off before she finally accepts that she has to go sleep. I feel like shit that we’re ending the day on a bad note EVERYDAY but I have no idea how to get her to go to bed! She’s always been fine at bed time! She refuses to even lie down in her cot, kicks of her duvet, screams every time I leave the room. I don’t get why she’s suddenly a nightmare

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Honestly since 2 years old every night has been a bad bed time, she fights her sleep and my daughters now 2 years and 6 months and she still is fighting her sleep. I don’t know when they’ll grow out of this 🤣 does your little one still have afternoon naps? My daughters trying to drop the afternoon nap altogether

I could of wrote this myself! My 2.5 year old is the same he doesn't listen at bed time and seems to let out all his naughtiness right before bedtime trying to refuse etc!! It's draining x

Same with my 2.7 year old. Sleep has gone to shit for a month now, it’s exhausting. Have bought a magnesium supplement to help with sleep and anxiety (wakes up screaming for me) 🤷🏻‍♀️ not sure what else to do.

I am in the same boat - all of a sudden my 2.7 little one went from an amazing sleeper/self settler to a nightmare! Awful screaming and carrying when I leave and everything 😭

We set an alarm and tell our lo, "you have 5-10 more mins and when you here the alarm, it's time to go inside your bed". It has helped decrease the battle so much!

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