Hi beautiful parents,
SOS. My toddlers sleep is going to be the death of me! My beautiful baby girl nearly 3 is in a serious sleep regression. I am very concerned. She can communicate quite well and says she isn’t in pain or ill and eats and drinks normal but her sleep is horrendous. It started with her dropping her nap although it was clear to us she still needed it due to her being grumpy come the evening time. I believe the problem is sleep associations. She would sleep before no problem in her room. Then she went to a bit of a sleep regression and my partner started to take her on walks to get her sleep. Now she can’t sleep anywhere or at anytime. The last week she’s been getting 7 hours a night when she needs 14 a day. This is the worst timing because our family has just gone on a trip to Thailand and we had two 6 hour plane journeys. The first one she stayed awake the whole time even though it was an evening flight and we thought she would sleep. The second one she only slept an hour. Fair enough, that is our fault not anticipating how excited she would be on a plane. But now after a week she still fails to sleep and is awake now as I right this laughing jumping off the walls and not listening or responding to any attempts to get her to sleep. My partner and I are both so sleep deprived as when we try to sleep she wakes us up as well and wakes up multiple times after falling asleep briefly. We also have a 1 year old baby who loves his sister and if she’s awake he will also try to join in the fun. (we had to separate them on the plane so she didn’t wake him up.) It’s ruining the trip, my relationship and my sleep as we spend more time trying to get her to sleep then relaxing (oh the joys of being a parent.) I guess what I’m trying to say is any advice for sleep training a toddler? Any will be a big help and thanks for tuning into my frustrations. She’s still a lovely girl despite getting no sleep but it’s not healthy for her and the rest of us.