Hello,
Any help tips or support greatly appreciated...
My little boy turns 3 in a week and has suddenly started having "issues" at bedtime.
Usually we would follow his bedtime routine (milk/bath/stories/cuddle) and I leave the room. He goes to sleep independently (with a few comforters which he had had from been a baby) and would sleep through the night.
He is in a cot bed so would maybe get up once or twice a night a couple of times a week, usually as unable to find his dummy, but quickly goes back to sleep when taken back to bed.
He has music nightlight for 30mins and a gro clock which has a blue light all night until it's time to get up.
He has always been a good sleeper and gone to bed easily until just after 2.5years when we had 4weeks of regression where he was screaming at bedtime we couldn't leave the room, climbing out cot, waking every hour. he transitioned to cot bed (no choice due to safety and climbing out) and we started with having sit in room until asleep gradually retreating over the course of few weeks. Since then I have always had to sit out on the landing until asleep but if he woke in night could self settle except as mentioned above few nights per week would wake and walk him back bed and he went back sleep no problem.
Now we are suddenly back at the beginning where he gets up before I even get chance to sit outside. I have literally put him back to bed 100 times quietly and calmly but he just doesn't stay in bed so I'm back to sitting in his room but out of sight. However he is waking every hour and taking 2 hours to settle at bedtime
We are exhausted.
We welcomed baby number 2 9months ago so not sure if this is still a reason
He's potty trained and dry during day but we haven't started night time training yet.
If anyone can help me keep my sanity abs get some sleep that would be amazing!