My just turned 2 year old appears to have all of a sudden got what I think is sleep anxiety which started just before Christmas and she turned 2 and had tonsillitis and a cold as she was a good sleeper before would nap through day and we were able to just put her down in the cot and she would go to sleep and sleep till half 6 7.
Now she doesn’t seem interesting in napping she’s wanting cuddling to sleep otherwise won’t go near her bed or will instantly stand up and start crying shouting no and mammy daddy. Once cuddled to sleep and put down she will wake multiple times through the night standing up crying and shouting for mammy or daddy again.
we try laying her down straight away but she just instantly stands and gets hysterical and wants picking up. We have even changed the cot into a toddler bed to see if that made a change and it and hasn’t, we have had to to just put her in bed with us when it’s close to us needing to be up for work just so we can get some sleep beforehand.
anyone have any tips we can do as we are just exhausted now and out of ideas on what more to try as leaving her to cry doesn’t seem to work she will just stand up crying and shouting and will not lay down