Iām coming on here to beg for some advice for my little oneās sleep again.
Heās 18months old now and hasnāt slept properly in over 3 months
I donāt know what has happened, he was always a great sleeper and loved sleeping/bedtime. He used to go straight into his cot with a bottle and fall straight asleep. Over the last few months his sleep has gone south.
I have tried speaking to health visitors and doctors but I havenāt had any help.
He will no go into his cot. Iāve been having to drive him around to get him to sleep and that was somewhat working but now as soon as I try and get him out the car heās awake. Iāve tried calmly staying in his room rocking, singing reading but he will not have any of it. He will keep going until 11/12 each night until he crashes. My partner works away normally so itās all on me and I can feel myself going mad. He wonāt nap unless itās in the car either so I truly donāt get any time to myself š«
What else can I try? Iām desperate
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My little girl is 2 on Wednesday and is exactly the same itās tiring! Her nan bought her a single bed for her birthday hoping this will improve c

My babes is 12 months and since 9 months slept through and woke go down within ten minutes. Sheās started taking 1.5-2 hours to fall asleep and will moan/cry the whole time. Iāve read that around the age from 12 months+ their brain is so active with learning new skills etc they find it hard to switch off. We started bringing my girl into our room but weāve statywd just sitting in her room however long or takes until she goes off. Sorry youāre struggling so much sleep deprivation is sooo hard! Xx

Weāve found the c tech sheep baby soother has helped sometimes x

Taking cool or warm bath, taking for evening walk even for short distance out to get fresh air before sleep, sometimes help. Give a try. You are not alone. Hope he settles down soon xx

Does your little on sleep during the day?, maybe if you wake him up earlier could help during the night, i tend to do that with my son and now he falls asleep at 7pm and will wake up between 7:30am-8am. hope this helps x

i understand, my son is 2 and i struggle to put him to sleep too, I hope things change for the better for you x

Yep its sleep transitioning milestone. He will probably drop a nap soon too but they always fuss before that bee routine starts. Also all of rocking etc stimilulates them more and rely on it. If possible just sleep with your baby I bed. Believe me I did that with second baby and he slept way better as he felt secure. With first baby I did what you did and suffered. All the best I know its a hard stage š¬