Some advice please!
my 15 month old has done a 360 in his behaviour this last week!! He has never been a good sleeper but he has always been pretty good during the day - mostly happy but now he wow!! Is different like overnight. He literally doesn’t listen at all to what I say and normally just does the opposite ! I.e he has started this new thing of throwing a ball at the dog and laughing - I have of course told him no and not nice to do that to the dog etc but he just ignores me. He is running around just not even paying attention to what he is doing etc constantly falling over - it’s just not him….. now sleep has just become a nightmare !! Like when I tell you I literally hate being a mum when it comes to nighttime sleep I mean it!!!!
I have tired everything - laying down on the bed with him calmly, rocking him,putting him down in his cot (to which he literally has abreakdown within not even 2 mins hyperventilating, tears crying (hence why he is absolutely not sleep trained or left to self settle to sleep because it just seems so traumatising for him.
now he majority of the time sleeps in his bed, around 3-4am he has been waking up every night - refusing to go back to sleep for over an hour!!! Put him in our bed he just rolls around and around . Pick him up and rock him he eventually goes to sleep (as soon as his bum hits the cot he is awake) I just don’t know what to do - I have tried 1 nap and he was not ready and made his night wakes 30 times more (I tired for a solid week didn’t happen)
I’ve tried stretching his morning nap time- shortening his naps bringing his afternoon nap earlier absolutely nothing works
sorry for the long post had to get this off my chest I suppose. Any help or experiences that are similar will help :)
one sleep deprived struggling mum
did I mention I also work full time :(
(ps anyone who tells me I’m over reacting or I need to calm down can just please leave because I’m asking for help not judgement. Thanks)also I know this can all be behavioural or developmental and normal but doesn’t make it easy