Hey☺️ I am new on this so bare with me!
Anyone with any wise words of wisdom to please help a desperate gal out!
My son has pretty much always been a perfect sleeper with some sleep training when he was 1. He is now 2. Always went to bed at 7pm (put down awake and he would settle himself) and slept until at least 7 the next morning but usually slept a lot later. He has always had the same bedtime routine but the past week we have changed it slightly so we have been putting my 11 month old daughter to bed before him to let him have an extra 15 mins so you know he feels like being the older brother he gets a bit more awake time. He sometimes naps during the day around lunchtime but not everyday.
Well the past 2 weeks he has turned into the absolute devil. Screams as soon as I mention bath/bed etc and when it comes to putting him to bed he violently throws up all over the room. He isn’t ill it’s just more for attention. The only way I can get him to have any sleep is if he is sleeping with me. I do move him into his cot but then he is awake 2 hours later.
He has always slept in a pitch black room with a my hummy, Ewan the sheep which emits a soft, red light and a sleepyhead (which is a pain to wash and dry every single fu*king day!)
I’ve tried as I mentioned before putting dd to bed first, a nightlight, showing him round his room reassuring him nothing is scary, get him to help with dd, calpol incase it’s his teeth, everything I can think of!
Husband and I are absolutely exhausted and it honestly feels more tiring than having a newborn because I have to physically restrain (gently obviously) to get him to bed but then he just throws up everywhere. I understand there is a 2 year sleep regression but with previous regressions it’s only ever lasted a couple of nights!
Sorry for the long post, please can someone help 🥰