My DD is 14 months old and has suddenly started getting really agitated at bedtime. She has been a good sleeper for months and months now, we have always put her down in her cot after her bottle at bedtime and she’d babble away to herself for a bit quite happily and eventually fall asleep on her own.
Recently, the moment we lift her to her cot/she sees the cot she gets really upset and will just scream and cry. She will stand in her cot crying and wailing and getting really beside herself, it’s really upsetting and I’ve ended up having to cuddle her to sleep in the spare bed and then transfer her to the cot (which we’ve never had to do since she was a newborn!).
I had seen a couple of TikToks where people have had similar experiences when their toddlers were ready to go into a “toddler bed” or have the sides taken off their cot, and that their sleep has improved after making the change. I’m wondering if she might be ready for a toddler bed, she has definitely gone through a bit of a developmental leap lately where she’s far more independent and likes to do things herself. I’m wondering if she feels a bit restricted in her cot.
DD is very capable of climbing down from things like the sofa, our bed etc., but not very good at climbing back up. So I’m wondering if a floor bed might be better than a raised toddler bed? Has anyone had a similar experience of moving their DC to a toddler bed/floor bed and it improving their sleep?