2 year old sleep strategies please

[Yogafire]

DS used to self settle and sleep through from approx 11m to 18m, then following a holiday began to need long cuddles to sleep, which I went with. More recently (since 26months) he messes about loads at bedtime and the story/cuddle routine no longer works. Plus he now frequently wakes in the night. I switched him into a toddler bed but that has made things worse really, as he just gets out. Basically we've lost our routine and I'm not sure how to get it back, especially with all the getting out of bed he does.
Any advice or strategies? How do you start from scratch with a 2 yr old? My other children are good sleepers and I don't know what to do really. I'd like to get back to a self settling scenario ideally

Watching this because I have the same!! Bad sleeper from day 1, but DS (just 2) will now take up to 2 hours to sleep - perfectly happy in the cot but playing, singing. Anything for attention - nappy off, forcing out a poo, mummy sit here, blanket on, blanket off. Wanting a drink. Argh!! Any suggestions? He does still nap so today and yesterday I tried avoiding the nap. Was a bit better yesterday but not to tonight.

Generally he sleeps 8pm - 5am, wants me do go in then, then 5am -6am and a 1.5 hour nap in the afternoon.

My DD is 16 months and still in a cotbed but I did the gradual retreat method and she has gone from cuddled to sleep/waking all night and ending up in my bed to self settling at 7pm (I put her in bed awake and come downstairs) to sleeping through to 7am. It started off with her falling asleep in cot with my hand on her, then taking a step towards the door each night. The turning point came when she was getting off to sleep herself without me in the room. Works for day time naps too.

I introduced a positive sleep association by means of a muslin cloth. I started stroking her face with it in the beginning as she was falling asleep, now she does it herself.

It was soul destroying at first but completely worth the effort.

Good luck

Just to add it does help if they're really tired in the beginning. Putting them in wide awake just means an hour of giggling and throwing her dummy out the cot.

DD sleeping during the day from 11am-1pm. Goes down at 7pm. I've found this works best for her but I guess it depends on your DC.

She doesn't have to be knackered when I put her down now, she knows that when I put her in bed with Muslin, say night night and shut the door it's sleep time.

Thanks. I will try and re-establish a sleep association and do the gradual withdraw (what is it again? Retreating night by night until you're outside the door?)
We had a system and it has gone out of the window. Still works for DH actually! I am the problem

I'm
Going to start in earnest on Monday. shemakes I'll keep you updated!

I'm worried he's not sleeping enough already. No nap and now just sleeping 10 hours at night. Eeek.
And we have a new development. I woke this morning at 5am, saw him in the monitor standing and quiet so I thought I'd watch and leave him alone. Then he had his foot over the cot bars and was nearly out. So cot bed tonight!!