2 year old sleep problems

[LucyBlackshaw20]

My son turned 2 around 3 weeks ago and he’s always been a good sleeper up until the middle of June.

He always used to go to bed around 7-7.30, I’d leave the room and he’d fall asleep on his own and sleep until 6-7am. He’d usually have a nap in the afternoon too for around 1-2 hours.

however since the middle of June, he won’t go to sleep unless I’m there and I have to pretend to go to sleep to help him calm down and go to sleep, then If he hears me leave the room he’ll start crying for me to come back. As well as that he wakes up in the night too screaming for me, sometimes I can go in and say ‘let’s get back into bed’ and he’ll crawl back in and fall asleep quite quick and I’ll just be on his floor but others he’ll be screaming none stop asking to go downstairs and throwing himself on the floor so the only answer I feel sometimes is to take him down as he just won’t calm down. He can wake up up to 4 times roughly in the night, it’s starting to get so exhausting and I’m really starting to struggle with what to do. I do my best to keep him in his room as long as I can when he’s screaming as I do feel that caving in and taking him downstairs isn’t the best option but in the moment I don’t know what else I can do to get him to calm down.

Has anyone experienced anything similar?

Thanks in advance from an exhausted mum 😴

This. This is my LG to a T!

No advice unfortunately, just another tired mumma hoping it'll get easier!

@MotherHaryy Glad it’s not just me experiencing it 🙈 It'll all get easier again I’m sure but it doesn’t feel it right now! We’ve got this!

@LucyBlackshaw20 - I'm currently sleeping on the floor in the middle of the night to get her to settle, god knows how I'm going to continue as baby is due in 6 weeks!😂😭

@MotherHaryy Exactly the same here, last night was spent sleeping on his floor from midnight (the things we do!). Luckily not every night as I can get away with just going in for 15-30 mins sometimes then sneaking out but might have to do the same again later in the night.

Oh no I hope she starts sleeping better for you when baby arrives! Hopefully the change of having her baby brother/sister there will help her.

Just to add another mum going through the same!!

We've been in it for several weeks now and I'm also due my second shortly. Took a while for DD to sleep through the night but was fairly consistent from 16 months and would go to sleep independently after bedtime routine and sleep 11ish hours.

Now we have to stay with her, she often wakes at least once, sometimes hysterical and if she doesn't happen to wake she wakes v early. Daytime naps also having to stay with her to fall asleep and more often than not wakes v upset after 40 or so minutes.

So she definitely seems tired and like she still needs nap/more sleep.

Other than trying sleep training which I'm not against but feels really hard at this age, not sure what to do! Do report back if you find anything which helps!!

@LucyBlackshaw20 @Pricklypear2022 - musical beds last night! I was with DD, then she was in ours, so I went into hers, then DP came into her single with me cause she's a kicker! 😂

We need to find some solutions and fast!

Time to drop the nap.

Cut the nap to just 1hr and honestly I’d sleep train. 2 year olds are more aware, he’s realised you leave the room and getting worked up, I’d do sleep training where you go back in every 2/3/5/10 mins to sssh and walk out.

Something similar here at the moment too, although I cant say mine was a good sleeper beforehand! Taking about 45mins to fall asleep and night terrors in the early hours. Not sure if she is overtired and worked up or if we need to cut the nap. Confused and stressed!

When yours wake in the night are they totally beside themselves? Sometimes, our little girl almost seems like she doesn't realise we are there with her. Like she's bolted out of a deep sleep and we have even had to turn the lights on and read a book to almost wake her up properly to get her back to sleep. It's almost like a tantrum but not! Though often it's also just a call for mummy or daddy and wanting us to stay as she falls asleep again!

I'm back sat in the room with my LG.

Turns out partner can put her back into bed a handful of times then she just stays and goes to bed.. I do it, and it's constant, almost an hour of returning her to her bed. I'm tired, ridiculously hot and sore from this pregnancy.... anyone else having better luck?

i am going through the exact same thing with my 2 year old…sleeping on his bedroom floor
moat nights!! Anyone have any tips? Did you all come out the other side?