I can't do this anymore

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Not really asking for advice, just need to vent. I've posted many times about my ds2 and sleep but I think I've finally reached the end of my tether. He'll be 2 in less than a month and we are going through the worst sleep regression yet. He's screaming at bedtime unless I sit in the room while he nods off then he's waking multiple times a night and has for the last 2 week woke up at 12:30pm for between 30 minutes to 2 and a half hours. He stands up time after time in his cot until he finally gives in and goes to sleep then he's up at his usua time but he's grouchy and whiney because he's tired!! And I'm miserable and moody because I'm tired. I've had enough of it, I just don't know what to do anymore. I work 4 days a week and have a 7 year old too. Im just not enjoying life at the minute and am finding it hard to put a smile on my face and get on with the day.

I feel your pain after 2 poor sleepers ! What’s his routine like?

Thanks for your reply!!
His routine is loosely:
Up anywhere between 5 and 7am
Nap at between 12;30 and 1pm and he can nap anywhere between an hour to two hours. It really depends on his mood on how long he naps
Up to bed at 7:30pm, story and a cuddle then in his bed and I (normally) leave the room.

It's not easy at all. I really feel for you. I would say, from a quick glance at his routine, that overtiredness –not just from the overnight waking but from his daytime schedule also –may be making sleep even harder for him. You can't help an early wake up, so don't worry about that, but I'd give him a SUPER early bedtime to offset as much as the over tiredness as you can – early evening sleep is the most restorative sleep a kid can get. I would get him upstairs for bed as early as 5:30 the evening following a bad night and early wakeup. Not easy with other family stuff to be getting on with, but I'd do it as often as you can to regain some of his sleep debt. You could also consider two naps too – one at 9am (sounds crazy, but not so) and the next at 1pm. Many kids are on a 2-3-4 routine until 2yrs old (wake, 2hrs, nap, 3hrs, nap, 4hrs, bed). Best of luck to you getting through this.

Unfortunately I'd find getting him to bed that early impossible as I don't finish work until 6, sometimes a bit later. But Thankyou for your other advise, and it's just nice to have others understand and have someone to vent to.