2 year sleep regression

[MamaStew]

Hi all! So I've had a browse on here and read some posts on this and think we are definitely experiencing the same but I just wanted to ask if there's anything you did in your case that maybe helped.

We have played around with naps, she isn't ready to drop it completely but we do cap it now.

We are over 4 weeks in now, needs us at bedtime to stay until she's asleep. Then wakes anywhere between 1-3 and then up for the day just after 6. ( She used to sleep 11/12 hours solid!) Also just to add, I don't want to sleep Train

I'm just looking for any tips on how to survive it basically or do we just ride it out?

Thankyou xxx

When baby wakes in the night, if you want to maintain independent sleep, then be sure to settle baby in the cot rather than in your arms or your bed.

In terms of staying with baby until asleep, it's fine if you're happy to do this. JUst be consistant so use the same methods at night wakes. Always stay until fully asleep, rather than trying to sneek out early. Then over time, start being a little bit further away, but still staying until asleep.

Not really use what you are looking for in terms of survival tips? If you don't have other children - then rest when baby is alseep as opposed to doing jobs.

Sounds like my little girl. When it gets a bit much I used to go to sleep at the same time as her, often i'd fall asleep putting her to bed I was so tired. That was the most helpful thing for me. Hope you find something that helps x

I was just talking to my mum about this today! My child went through this - was sleeping fine and then boom! But….now we are back to normal so it is solvable.
So what did we do? We doubled down on routine and chatted a lot about it during the day. So what do we do after tea? Have a bath. What do we do after bath. Have a story etc etc and then in the moment we’d chat about what we were doing. We cut naps down a bit so instead of 12:30-3 we now do 1-2.30.
At first we had to stay in the room before they would sleep, then when things got better we would say we are just staying just outside the door ( and leg it 😂) We did this gradual retreat over about a week/2 weeks. Overall, it prob took a month or so to be totally normal, and now they’ve transitioned into their big bed and sleeping well.
Stick with it. It does get better.