18 month regression?

[Napa234]

Hello!

Please help if you can...... we have an 18month old and their sleep over the last few weeks has been all over the place, mainly bed time refusal.

She now refuses bedtime sleep most nights and sometimes isn't going to bed until 8.15 whereas before it was 7/7.30pm. All she wants to do is play and seems so wired. We haven't changed anything at all and have a strict bedtime routine - she has suddenly learnt lots of new words so I am wondering if this is what is causing it but is there anything else I can do?

She has a nap off approx one hour and a half between 12.30 - 2pm.

Thanks!

The first thing to try would be to go with a 8.15-8.30pm bedtime and see if she settles quickly then.

If she does, and you want an earlier bedtime, you'll need an earlier wake up time and an earlier nap.

If she still takes ages to settle, this issue is your settling technique. What are you/she doing during this time when shes trying to go to sleep?