Sleep regression … anyone else?

Although we don't have this exact problem, as we let our little one into our bed if she wakes up, I do think there seems to be some extra clinginess and separation anxiety going on at this age for her and her peers. (For example I've seen kids in her nursery class upset at drop off when they weren't previously

Oh thank goodness we are not the only ones! Been going through a terrible regression over the last 2/3 weeks,‘sometimes he’s awake 2-3 hours.

I think it’s due to separation anxiety as we took the side of his crib down and added a safety bar so we can climb in and out easier and he can see us and the last two nights it’s helped a bit!

I had to go in last night and literally patted his tummy and told him I was there and he fell back asleep within 30 seconds.

It’s absolutely exhausting and what works for us might not work for you but we did the crib thing, added a pillow and duvet and he’s been … better? Not sure how long it will last.

You’re not alone and you’re kicking butt 🩷✌️

Yep we just been through this ourselves. It was awful where our little one was waking up screaming/hysterical every 2 hrs and can’t sleep without us being there comforting her (patting her back) till she’s asleep. It was 2.5 months of it so we started back with sleep training using chair method. She’s a lot better now (sleeping through the night) but it can be hit and miss at going down..

We just had it with our little boy too! Since then, we’ve started teaching him to go off to sleep in his crib, with one of us in the room, then gradually getting a bit further away, bedroom floor, hallway. It’s taken about a month, but he’s now not panicking if he wakes and spots that one of us is not beside him.
You’ve got to do what works for you, but we’ve found this has given him some reassurance. He knows we’re there if he needs us.
Gradually bringing his bed time forward to 7-7:20pm has helped with the pre-6am wakeups too!