Hi everyone :)
My little one is 17 months, nearly 18 months. He has always been a pretty good sleeper in general. He has gone down to one nap a day in the last couple of months (I think he would have stayed on 2 forever 😆) and he’s adapted pretty well, still can get tired and whinges about 11ish some mornings but he is getting there. He also sometimes messes about for about 20 mins before going to sleep, but ‘usually’ will sleep. He normally does 12.45-2.45 but it varies and sometimes is 1.15-2.45, I usually have to wake him as any closer to 3 he would not settle at bedtime. So anyway onto the issue, the last 2 weeks or so he has been waking at 4am, crying, sometimes he will re settle himself and sleep till 7 but more recently we have to go in to settle him, and usually he won’t let us put him down, we have to either lay with him or put our hand on his back, it takes upwards of an hour to get him back to sleep- then he generally sleeps till 6.30-7. This morning he woke at 4am resettled but woke at 5am and 6am upset. I know it doesn’t sound too bad but it’s becoming so regular I’m worried I’m doing something wrong in the day. Is it a sleep regression sign? Or do you Think he is waking when the sun comes up? It’s quite dark in there he has a blackout blind but light still can creep through. Any advice or similar stories welcome :)