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Help! 2 year old not sleeping or eating

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Asher09 · 21/12/2023 05:48

DD turned 2 years this month and almost immediately stopped eating and sleeping - I'm losing my mind.

She's generally been a good eater and she's sleep trained since 6 months. During her 1 year we had a similar issue - she went off food, stopped eating and would also wake in the middle of night screaming and shouting for milk.
She's now doing a similar thing again, she has one spoon of something and will say 'finish', she constantly wants snacks instead and has even gone off her milk. She's waking 2 of 3 times in the night wanting cuddles and a song before going back to bed. I don't know whats going on or how to fix it. Since she started nursery at 14 months her naps haven't been great either and for about 6 months shes refusing to nap altogether, resulting in some really tough and tiring days. Is it all related? Please help me make sense, advise?

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SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 21/12/2023 07:30

Could she be cutting her back teeth @Asher09? Have you tried her with a dose of Ibruprofen to see if her appetite improves?

Have you tried some appetite increasing activities like swimming too? My DD would barely eat some days but loved swimming and was always starving afterwards.

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