Almost 2 year old sleep issues

[Lauralee14]

Hi all,

My 23 month olds sleep has gone out the window since Nursery, used to be able to go down awake but drowsy, now demands that we are in the room until she is asleep (can take ages in this heat) and if she realises we have gone screams and screams. I've tried the "tough" approach but she cries to the point of making herself sick so crying out is not an option. She's waking up in the night and not wanting us to leave. Almost not going into a deep sleep to make sure we are still there!

Any tips on how we crack this and break the habit? It feels like she hates her room and as soon as we try and leave her in there she cries.

Any advice welcomed x

Following as having similar experience with my 2 year old. No idea what to do.

My daughter is 18 months and has started doing this the past couple of weeks.. I've never tried the cry it out methods but when I do be tough and leave her she literally screams to the point she's sick too... then as soon as we go in to her she's all smiles she does this with her afternoon nap and when she wakes through the night too, no idea what to do ! X

Having the same here too. I’m losing my mind as our 3.5 year old is being a bloody pain too.

Don't have a clue what's causing it , my little girl used to go down to sleep great and normally went back off in the night no problem.

Wondering if I wrote this bit don't remember in my sleep deprived state....

No answers. But plenty of sympathy...

DD is 2 in September. DS was the same but it suddenly clicked when he was 2.5 and he's slept solid 10-11 hours at night ever since and asks to go to bed (with very few exceptions) and he's just turned 4. So I'm clinging to the hope she will the same

Not there yet, but it sounds common!

If it's linked to starting nursery, could it be separation anxiety? If that's the case, it should pass if you get some quality time, comfort here as she needs it -and drinks lots of wine to retain your sanity until it passes-

Thank you all so much for your replies, it's good to know I'm not alone in this (sorry) she's started sleeping better at night but bedtime she still wants us there. We are going with it for now.

Out of interest how long are your almost 2 year olds napping for? X

Mine has stopped the whole screaming when we leave the room phase but is still waking every couple of hours at night 🙄 .. she'll have a couple of hours on an afternoon if I'm lucky! Some days she won't nap at all! X