My DS is 20 months. From about 6-12m he slept through the night without a peep, although always woke early (5.30am ish).
Since around 12m sleep seems to have gotten worse and worse. He never sleeps through the night anymore. Every night seems different or he gets into a pattern of doing one thing for a week or so then it changes again. Some nights he is up for an hour or so just making noise but not crying. Other nights he is hysterical multiple times a night. We only attend to him if he is actually upset. We reassure, offer water or give Calpol if we think unwell.
I just don’t know what to do anymore. Feeling like we are doing something wrong for it to be this bad, at this age, for such a long period of time. Seriously wondering if he will ever sleep properly again. Every morning he is tired and grouchy, yawning as soon as he’s up.
He has one nap a day 12-2pm ish, I never let him have over 2 hours. Often he has less when in childcare, about 1hr 30.
He goes to bed around 7.30pm and always falls asleep with absolutely no issue.
Starting to wonder if there is some kind of underlying issue affecting his sleep but no idea where to start investigating this. Or is this just normal baby/toddler behaviour? Please help.