WHY IS HE STILL AWAKE?!

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DS 20 months has now been standing up in his cot for well over an hour.

He is not too hot or too cold. He had had a shit ton of milk. His nap was at a normal time and was of a normal length. He’s eaten normally. He’s not unwell. He’s not particularly upset, just a bit whiney occasionally.

What am I doing wrong?! If I try to leave he gets furious so I live on his floor now. 😭😭😭

Just seen the time. It’s closer to 2 hours. Ffs.

I was going to suggest the muggy heat but if your not leaving the room I'm going to say that is it or does he usually go down OK?

He usually goes down fine! I’m wondering if it’s just that he was at nursery yesterday and I was at work today and he’s feeling a bit anxious.

Poor both of you. If I were you, I'd try lying them down and leaving and returning every couple of minutes to resettle, and/or also leaving the door open with you visible outside the room (with no interaction just visible presence).

My now 25 month old went through a similar phase at the same age, I put it down to separation anxiety. I really, really didn't want to spend my evenings on the bedroom floor so opted for a phased approach of sitting outside the doorway for a few days, sitting outside and popping away and back for a few days. For both I repeatedly lay them down with no eye contact or talking. After maybe a week we were back to normal, although we had to leave the bedroom door ajar rather than fully closed, which was no trouble to us!

Best of luck. Whatever you try, be consistent and do whatever is comfortable for you to manage.

I'm yelling the same about my 16month old! Very, very frustrating!

Growth spurt? Worked something out and too excited to sleep?

Same boat here 😩 My son is almost 23 months and he’s always been a good sleeper, until the last couple of weeks. I’m assuming it’s the 2 year sleep regression but it’s a killer! Last night he didn’t fall asleep until 1.38am!! Then was wide awake at 6 am 😩 He’s just up, shouting me, wanting juice, wanting a fresh nappy, wanting to look out the window, Peppa pig blah blah blah...

He went down after an hour tonight but I’m not holding out much hope for a decent sleep

Sorry I ended up swapping with DH and left my phone upstairs last night. I’m not joking when I say he fell asleep within 3 minutes of me leaving and DH taking over 😂😂