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Can you sleep train a 2 year old?

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Diamond345 · 24/12/2024 14:39

DS is 22 months, has suddenly started refusing his cot for the last month. Refuses to get in at bed time. Screaming , vomitting.

My sister put my DS to bed and he went straight to sleep like he used to for us, but for myself and DP every night we have to lay him I'm our bed and its now taking up to an hour and then transferring him into his cot. It's gone 8:30pm by this point.

During the night he Is now frequently waking around 12am onwards, assuming when his sleep cycle ended and he realises he is alone again. I bring him back into my bed.

I believe this is all centred around separation anxiety.

Can I sleep train him? I have tried but as he vomits when crying within minutes, I'm not sure what to do here. Iv tried settling him in his rocking chair and he wont settle unless in my bed.

Any advice would be appreciated, the fact he wont even go into his own bed at bedtime or a nap is extremely time consuming and challenging. Please help 😩😭

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lorisparkle · 24/12/2024 19:03

Our health visitor recommended the book 'teach your child to sleep' by the Millpond Clinic. It had lots of different strategies for teaching children of different ages to sleep. It is not 'preach'y and enables you to pick the method that works for your family.

Diamond345 · 24/12/2024 19:07

Thanks @lorisparkle can you my post, I can only see the title

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lorisparkle · 24/12/2024 20:24

@Diamond345 I have attached a photo. It is 'Teach your child to sleep' by Mandy Gurney in association with Millpond Children's Sleep Clinic.

Can you sleep train a 2 year old?

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Diamond345 · 24/12/2024 20:26

@lorisparkle thank you!

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Diamond345 · 26/12/2024 13:02

Does anyone else have any experience of a success story of cot resistance?

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