One year old previous good sleeper suddenly awful

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Hi all. DD will be one in a few days and is usually a good sleeper. Usually. Normally she’ll be in bed by 7/7:30pm and will sleep until 6:30/7am, but recently she’s been flatly refusing to go to sleep until ridiculous o’clock! Last night it was 1am, the night before it was 11:30pm, and on Friday night/Saturday morning she didn’t go to sleep until 2am! She’s normally up for the day at 6am! If we try and put her down any earlier she’ll just cry and scream until we pick her back up, or will fall asleep in our arms but then wake up and cry the second her head hits the cot mattress.

I’m a student who often has early lectures and my partner works full time, so we’re both exhausted! I admit that I’ve gotten quite frustrated on a few occasions and have had to put her down in her cot and let her cry as I could feel myself getting really cross

She’s still a very happy, smiley girl in the day (even with no sleep!) and I feel awful for getting cross with her, but sometimes I could cry with frustration and exhaustion on particularly bad nights! I just don’t know why she’s decided she doesn’t like sleep any more. I’ve tried Calpol and anbesol in case it’s her teeth and that SOMETIMES works, sometimes doesn’t.

She has just started walking and is definitely growing, could that explain it?

Thank you

Anyone?

What are her naps like OP?

@Moonshine160, honestly it varies! Like so far today she’s not napped at all! But she normally has either two shorter naps (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) or one longer one in the early afternoon. But recently she’s decided she doesn’t like to nap either

Hmm unfortunately I don’t have lots of advice but you’re not alone at the moment. My DS is 1 in two weeks and we’re going through the same thing. One thing I’ve found though is that if his naps are poor in the day then we usually have a rough night and he’s a nightmare to get down for the night. If he goes to bed too late then he doesn’t wake up any later than usual but instead is just exhausted the next day. We’re stuck in a vicious cycle of overtiredness but doesn’t want to sleep. He was a previously good sleeper too, so I keep telling myself that this is hopefully just a phase. Hopefully the same for you too. Hang in there, you’re not alone!

There’s a theory that when they start to do something new and are reaching certain milestones that their brains are super active working out these new skills and it can be like a sleep regression which has an effect on sleep. There’s lots of information on the internet about them. Try googling sleep regression or the wonder weeks 👍🏻