Is anyone else’s little one fighting sleep lately??

Hi mums!

I’m really struggling at the moment and wondering if anyone else is going through the same thing with their LO. Lately, every time we try to put him down for sleep—whether it’s bedtime or naps—he just cries and cries. It feels like such a battle and it breaks my heart because I know he’s tired, but he just won’t settle.

It can take almost 2 hours to finally get him to sleep, and even his nursery staff have been struggling with the same thing during nap times, so I know it’s not just us at home.

We’ve kept to our usual routine, tried extra cuddles and calm time, but nothing seems to be working right now. I’m exhausted and feeling a bit helpless. Has anyone else experienced this at this age? Was it a phase, a regression, or something else? Any tips or reassurance would mean so much right now.

Sending hugs to anyone else struggling with sleep too—you’re not alone 💛

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The past 2 days my little boy has not napped! Screams if I leave him in his room. I've just spent 25 mins driving around to get him to sleep but he wont, so another day with no nap today 🫩

Yeah my son didn’t have a nap yesterday, and today we wanted to make sure he at least naps for like 30mins. And when we tried to put him down for nap, even though he was soo sleepy, he was crying as if he is in pain or something.
And on top of it, we just spent close to 2.5hrs to put him to sleep for bedtime!!

It’s taking me 2 hours each night to make him sleep too, it’s a struggle and hopefully this sleep regression will end soon 😭

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My little one is taking a while to sleep. Used to take around 15-20 mins to doze off but it’s taking well over an hour now. Been this way for a month. I’m so tired 😂🤗

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