2 year old can’t fall asleep independently is this an issue?

sounds very normal. sleep is a developmental skill and every kid develops at their own pace. at 2, i was either reading and snuggling or rocking my daughter to sleep. at 3, she still wakes up 1x at night and needs a cuddle to help fall back to sleep. we let her come in our bed so we dont loose out on sleep. does your child seem well rested during the day? are they still napping? is their sleep within 24hours falling within a normal range?

if you’ve put a lot of pressure/stress on sleep, i would just support your child with what they need and focus on them feeling safe and calm around bedtime/sleep

He is only two
I need one hour to put my 2.5 years to sleep read stories music
And she has to be in my chest otherwise she won’t fall a sleep
They will sleep independently when they are ready
It has to be me she can’t sleep with her dad too

That’s definitely normal. Our daughter use to be up multiple times at the ages. She’s now 6 and still wakes up at least once a night for some company. We have to sit with her at bedtime until she falls asleep as well. Waking up once is an accomplishment!

It is interesting how everybody’s saying that this is a normal behavior because both my kids have been sleeping all night and falling asleep alone since they were six months Ish. Whenever they are sick or are going through a regression, they will wake up at night and will need me to rock them to sleep, but it never lasts more than a couple nights every two or three months.
I feel like that is the case for most of my friends and their kids.
I did sleep trained though. I appreciate that a lot of people are not willing to do that.

My nearly three year old still wakes up 1-2 times a night for cuddles. We sit with her until she falls asleep at night. It won’t be forever 😊

My almost 4.5 year old doesn’t fall asleep independently! My husband and I take turns rubbing his back until he falls asleep. Sleep is a huge separation for young kids and it makes sense that they often need support.

If bedtime is routinely taking an hour there’s likely not enough sleep pressure! Average sleep totals for 1-2 year olds are 11-14 hours including naps. And if he’s close to 3, average for 3-5 year olds is 10-13 hours.

If he’s still napping consider if you need a later bedtime or to cap the nap.

I imagine it is an issue for you. And yes, the disruption to sleep isn't ideal. It may be normal because most people have the issue, but it is still something to work on. Just don't be hard on yourself about it. Take your time to build their independent without doing anything you're too uncomfortable with.

Also, it sounds like the sleep consultants ripped you off. Maybe the cuddling to sleep was against their advice but they should really give you the money back if you communicated that you weren't comfortable with what they recommended

Girl just don’t do it for a couple nights, even if he cries. How long are you gonna do it and be sleep deprived for

My 6 year old still doesn’t fall asleep independently 🤷🏼‍♀️