2 year separation anxiety/sleep ref

Hi 👋🏻

I’m in desperate need of some advice! My little girl turns two next weekend, and the past 5 nights she’s been waking up inconsolably during the night. This will be exactly 4 hours after she goes to sleep. It can take anywhere between 1-4 hours to get her back to sleep. As soon as I leave the room she wakes up, and the whole settling her to sleep starts again. We are both absolutely exhausted. Any advice would be very much appreciated or if your little one has gone through this how long did it last?

TIA

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