Toddler Sleep (or lack of) Help!!!

[SparklePants1984]

I'm hoping you guys can help.
My son has always had trouble with sleep but we got to a good place after some help with sleep training.
However, he's now 18 months, we've been working through the horrors of teething but now we've hit the 18 month sleep regression.
He won't go down without crying, he's up 3/4/5/6 times a night and up for the day around 5am. I've not been helping as he has milk from a bottle in the night as when he's teething he won't eat much.
My general day is up at 7am (if we can) nap at 12:30 - 2:30pm, start the bedtime routine at 6, in bed at 7pm.

Daytime naps are still good, but at bedtime he won't go down for around 45mins, he's up at 9:30pm, 11:30pm, 2am, 4am, 5am urghhhhh it's horrible, ive been giving him milk and cuddles to calm him but I think i've shot myself in the foot here......can anyone help! Or do I just need to ride it out?

My 4 yo only sleeps if all of her needs are met. As soon as something is a miss she goes back to waking up frequently. We just have to ride out and try to troubleshoot what is causing her to wake up.
With teething we gave pain relief before bed on days when she needed a better night's sleep. Teething made her reflux worse so making sure she was upright and had her doses of medication reviewed.
We introduced a heated blanket at 3 and that has made a difference to her waking when she is cold she throws off her duvet and when she is warm she keeps the duvet on.

Hi OP @SparklePants1984 just came across your post, I’m going through exactly the same thing with my son at the moment. Did it last long for you? Hoping there’s light at the end of the tunnel 😂

@SparklePants1984 my 15 month old is exactly the same and like you we got somewhere with a sleep training but as soon as there’s teething or illness it’s horrendous again.
I did use a sleep consultant and she said absolutely no milk overnight and at least 30 minutes before bed but I’ve gone back to giving a bottle overnight and sometimes it helps.
I wish I had the answers but sending hugs your way because it’s bloody exhausting.
Those with good sleepers don’t know the emotion tole of trying to get your baby to sleep, letting them cry, not letting them cry etc it’s genuinely exhausting and every night I have anxiety about the wakes up and tears.

Resurrecting this thread sorry because I need ideas 😭😭😴😴 not sure how much longer we can keep functioning on so little sleep...

The milk is their go to to get back to sleep, they don’t use other sleep cues to get themselves back to sleep - so they wake you instead to get them milk, so they can get back to sleep

they need to learn how to sleep, without the bottle or you