Toddler sleep 21 months

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Hi
Has anyone else’s toddler been through a regression at a similar age?
The last few weeks my toddler has been waking either 3am (most nights) or 5am, she used to sleep through the night and had no trouble falling asleep. Nothing has changed routine wise, she still naps about 12.30 - 2/2.30, bedtime is around 7.30pm. She is also taking well over an hour to fall asleep at night. She has always been an independent sleeper so there is is no issues with wanting me or my partner, when she is awake in the night she is quite happy in her cot she will chat, sing or clap etc. It’s frustrating because I can’t sleep if I know she is awake and I can hear her through her monitor and when she eventually does drift back off around 5.30am she is sleeping in late and still is very tired and cranky after.
I’ve tried 1 week of dropping naps and earlier bedtime, which she handled well the first 3 days she was a bit cranky evening time but bedtime 6.30 and slept right through, then the rest of the week she started to become grouchy and then still woke 3am every night. Ive tried shortening naps, earlier and later bedtime etc. Nothing seems to be working she just automatically wakes up at 3am.
I’m currently pregnant with dc2 so I am so stressed that this will continue when the baby’s here and they will both be up all through the night.
I really don’t know what else to do as she slept so perfectly up until around 3-4 weeks ago.

Thank you if you have got this far!

Here for the answers currently up with my 21 month old and wondering what is going on!

My daughter is 20 months and has recently started waking in the night too. She’ll be up for a couple of hours before finally going back and I have to go to her or she’ll yell. She’s getting her 2 year molars though so I know that’s the culprit. I also have a 4-year-old and I do find that sleep regressions always pass eventually and they revert back to their normal pattern if that’s any consolation!

Sat up with my very upset 22
Month old. I could have written this. I'm here for answers too!

Could have written this myself too!! My 20month old daughter has been waking at the exact same times. We thought it was the temperature dropping but doesn’t seem to be that either. Hopefully it’s a regression and we can all get some good sleep in again!

Sorry we are all here but glad its not just my little one! She eventually went back to sleep around 4.30 ish but I did go in and shush and settle her as she started to get upset. Really hoping this is just a phase but nearly 4 weeks seems like it’s too long for it to be a phase :(

We were up 2.30-4 when he finally knocked himself out again.

We've resorted to going back to sleep training. I know it's divisive but we were going in to comfort and reassure/resettle but it ramped up to the point he was not prepared to be put in the cot and wanted to fall asleep in our arms. But then if he woke in the night and saw he was in his cot, he'd immediately start howling again.

So it was a little painful last night but with the cuddling to sleep and constant wakes, he was up for 3/4 hours in the night vs last night where we went in and gave him big cuddled but then put him back down again, it was only 1.5 hours of waking.

I'm hoping it improves over the next few days as we're both walking zombies at the moment!

Oh my goodness i need this thread. For the last 3-4 wks my 24-month old DD has been falling asleep fine at night, but waking several times in the night, sitting bolt upright and crying. She wont be held, wont lay down... if i try to settle her then leave the room she screams the place down (angry tears) and comes out of her room.

I thought id try CC (worked like a dream when she was 13 months) - she ended up wandering about the landing inconsolable for an hour and a half, wouldn't let me touch her!

Do i continue? Go in to soothe, reassure but essentially let her get herself back to sleep (=cry herself to sleep with exhaustion?) Or give up and bring her into my bed when she wakes at 1am (= both of us sleep solidly til morning but i dont think helpful long term).

She went into the toddler bed a few months ago with no issues - i cant see going back to cot being popular if thats what it needs ill consider it!

My 21 month old is also going through something at the moment. Has always been an early riser waking between 5 and 6, but it is now 4:30 and has been for a few weeks. She wakes up and is ready to start the day, I have an 8 month old too who still wakes in the night so very tired!

I keep telling myself that this is just a phase as im sure it is for all of you - im just hoping its a short one, for all our sakes!

Has anyone found any solutions? We’re on week 5 here and I’m exhausted, finding toddler tantrums very difficult to deal with and feel guilty that I’m being rubbish. Just so tired

No solutions here:(
But yesterday she woke up later as she never went back to sleep until 5.30
Attempted her usual nap she lay there for an hour didn’t sleep so I got her up and skipped the nap!
Earlier bedtime and she slept a lot better, she woke up 1.45-3 but she was very quiet just tossing and turning so much better, and went back to sleep until 8am!
Still not sure whether it’s the nap but she looks shattered now still, so I might shorten the nap and see how tonight goes! If it’s the same as usual I will be dropping the nap and much earlier bedtime I think

It’s so tough isn’t it feel like I’m trying everything but nothing at the same time. I guess I’m lucky that she isn’t waking in the night but just starting the day very early. I’m dreaming of a 5am start whereas that used to seem so early lol!

These phases feel so hard when your in them and it’s difficult to remember it is a phase sometimes.

Hello mums.......I'm facing the same thing too......but mine for few.weeks now won't sleep until 11pm or 12am despite soothing,sometimes I gave him paracetamol incase any pain to help him