My son is 17 months. He’s always been a reasonable sleeper. We’ve had phases or bad sleep thats only lasted weeks. He slept through the night from about 6 months. He’s never been great at daytime naps though.
His nighttime sleep was spot until we went on holiday in September 🤦🏻♀️
He slept in his travel cot in the same room as us for 10 nights. He did become unwell during the holiday & was vomited in his bed.
We came home, put him in his cot in his own room as per usual & he slept perfectly fine for about 3/4 nights upon return. Then it happened ….
Since the end of September, he has started to wake 2-3 times during the night crying. He stands up in his cot & screams the place down. I’ve tried leaving him for a while to settle himself back down but he becomes so upset he’s inconsolable & then it can over an hour to settle him back. It got so bad that when he wont settle quickly one of us is lying on his bedroom floor to sleep. One of us being in the room or him coming in to our room is the only thing that will settle him.
We really tried to preserve & not give in by bringing him into our room. We just go in settle him till he starts nodding back off then leave the room. But he can do this 2-3 times every night. He then wakes roughly at 6am. We’ve had maybe 3 full nights sleep since this started. I’m a nurse & I really need some sleep as I’m often going to work with 4-5hrs sleep & I'm scared I will make a mistake due to exhaustion. He can sometimes be difficult to put down at bedtime also, but he’s always been like this. Most of the time we will sit with him till he falls asleep or he will stand in his cot screaming.
Anyone experienced this ? Any tips? Any positivity ? Any help would be grateful appreciated as I genuinely feel like I’m going to have a breakdown!