16 month old suddenly not sleeping in cot

[Lins1983]

Hi all I'm new on here. Just asking for any advice from parents in a similar position. So my daughter 16 months old started to sleep well in her cot through the night about 2 months ago but a month ago she wakes really distressed and cannot comfort her, only way is letting her sleep between us, not ideal! There's been alot going on lately such as our wedding and familymoon plus a couple of nights away so get it's messed things up. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and trying to find a gentle but quick approach to solve it. Also aware there are major sleep regressions and milestones at this age so maybe have to just ride it out. Thankyou.

What’s her naps like ? I’ve found with both of mine that when the naps aren’t right (sleeping too long or need to drop a nap) that the night time sleep messes up. I have a 16 month old too and she never slept well but she went down to one nap recently and is finally sleeping better. Might not be that but worth considering. Sending solidarity, it’s hard.

Also sending solidarity. I'm going through this with my 23-month-old, and I suspect it means it's time to cut/drop his nap - however, I'm going to hold out a little longer to rule out other things (teething), and for him to move up to the next nursery room, as he'll probably be less likely to nap there anyway.

We also had a sleep regression at 15/16 months, and it resolved when we dropped from 2 naps to 1, if you haven't already done this.

Hi,yes we've tried dropping to 1 nap but has constant winging all afternoon. Put her down in her cot for the first time for her nap and only lasted 40 mins, seems she suddenly doesn't like her bedroom. We moved in 3 months ago so she had her own room and first month was great then gone really down hill. So hope it's just a faze but a hard one at that!

Oh that’s rough, can she settle herself to sleep or do you have to rock etc? With my son he needed a lot of help to get to sleep so the more we did that the worse it got.

im sure you’ve done this but lots of playing with toys in her room so she gets used to it ?

Yes we should play and spend more fun time in her room you're right. She's got a pre molar just coming through so upping the bonjela too. She goes to sleep sometimes on my lap on her chair in her bedroom but mostly laying between us on our bed, she doesn't like to be restricted when going off so you'd think she'd go off in her cot with 1 of us sitting next to it but remains to be seen. So hope this is a phase as its starting to get very tiring on us mentally.

Hi user did you ever get past this. My 17 month old going through the exact same thing atm.