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15 month old - sleep!

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Mumoftwosweetboys · 16/08/2023 22:14

Hello. Sorry for the long post...

I have an almost 15 month old boy. He has been getting himself to sleep and sleeping through the night from about 7 months old. We only needed to do some very light sleep training to get him to that. Lucky I know.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago and he's become very difficult to put down at night. Just screams and cries. We've let him cry for 5 mins then gone in to settle and same again and again until we've given up and rocked him. He still generally sleeps through but every 4ish nights or so will wake up once in night and it's difficult to get him back down. Also throw in a 10 day holiday where routine was totally off. Now we're back home we're keen to get him back to his usual ways but struggling! Any tips? He's been teething constantly for the last few months so could be related but not convinced. I also feel it's much harder to sleep train him now he's that bit older and knows us better. I was hoping it wouldn't be too hard to get him back to normal as he's been doing so well for several months and it's only been a few weeks of this. Maybe it's just a regression and he'll get back to normal himself. He's dropped down to one nap and is coping with that fine during the day and not cranky at all but wonder if that's having an effect on him getting to sleep (although he's actually getting more sleep in his one nap (2 to 2.5 hours) than he was in his two naps (about 1 hr 45).
Just don't know what to do!!

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UnravellingTheWorld · 16/08/2023 22:39

Regression. Be consistent with what you do. This behaviour is so, so normal.

scrabbledabbl · 16/08/2023 23:12

Yes I completely agree it's a regression. You will get through this.

Mumoftwosweetboys · 16/08/2023 23:22

OK thank you. I have another boy (age 4) and he never suffered these regressions!

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scrabbledabbl · 16/08/2023 23:23

They are all different honestly what my 6 year old did and stages / phases she went through is completely different to my DS!

Mumoftwosweetboys · 21/08/2023 23:54

Aaargh so we had a couple of better days when he cried for a minute or so and went to sleep but has reverted back to refusing to settle at night. Tonight I got him to sleep at 8pm (rocking). He then woke up at 9pm and has been awake since. We've tried everything. This is very unusual for him. He just wants to play and is resisting sleep. He had a crap nap today as well so must be over tired on top of any regression! Please let this pass soon 🙏

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