Hi all. I posted about this before and got no response but I'm trying again 😂
My daughter was 3 in March and had been sleeping through pretty reliably since she was around 18 months. However, for the past couple of months her sleep has deteriorated to the point where some nights she's worse than a newborn! If we're lucky she'll only wake once, but most nights it's at least 3 times. Last night was every bloody hour. She will either stand at her door and call for mummy or daddy or just cry hysterically.
Thankfully when she does wake she goes back to sleep very quickly, but the almost constant wake ups are so draining. We try to keep it very boring and will try not to interact with her too much when we go in, just go in and tell her it's bedtime and she'll climb straight into bed and fall asleep. So why is she waking so often??
The only big changes I can think of recently are that she started nursery in April. She enjoys it and apparently is very happy and well behaved there, but we've noticed she is more clingy when she's at home. Maybe separation anxiety? She's perfectly happy at home despite the unsettled sleep, just wants cuddles all the time.
I'm also currently 36 weeks pregnant. I don't know if she's fully grasped that she's getting a baby sibling yet but maybe she senses a big change is coming and it's unsettled her?
Along with the usual pregnancy exhaustion, the constant wake ups are making me very tired and I've started to absolutely dread bedtime. She goes to bed fine but I know it won't be long before she's up.
Did anyone else experience this? Is there a sleep regression at 3? Thank you 😊