19 month old, suddenly hysterical at bedtime

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DS has been fairly easy to put to bed for months now, we would put him in his cot awake, check in on him a couple of times, and then he'd be asleep.

For the past week, when bedtime has come round, older DD has got her pyjamas on, he sees her and knows that bedtime is nearly here. And he screams, hysterically. For maybe an hour or two. He is tired, its obvious, but fighting the sleep like mad. I end up rocking him in my arms for an hour or two until he falls asleep.

Any ideas how to deal with this? I know we can't cuddle him to sleep every night, he has to learn to go to bed. I just can't understand how he was fine until a few days ago but has now reverted to being like a newborn.

No advice here I'm afraid but watching hopefully!

My DS is the same age as yours and has started doing the same thing! We put him in cot anyway, hold his hand and read quietly but it's still taking over an hour to settle him.

He's also waking randomly crying in the night for a hour or so every night.

Yawn. So you are not alone but I don't know how to fix it!

I know it's a bit of a faff, but could you do a slightly later bedtime for DD - just so DS doesn't see it happening?

How old is DD?

DD is 6. The school holidays start in about a fortnight, so I suppose at that stage a later bedtime for her would be perfectly reasonable - reluctant to try it when she has school in the morning though.