HELP my 22 month old has turned into a newborn

[Chloe04]

PLEASE give me some advice, my nearly 2 year old that’s always slept really well.( woke up once for a bit of milk and straight back down or slept through completely) is now waking every 2 hours.

Its every night for the last month straight!

i take her out everyday, she is always on the go, eats very well, we focus on physical and education learning all day with only a couple
of short TV breaks in between when I have to get things done.

WHAT IS GOING ON ☹️

What are you doing when she wakes? How is her mood when she wakes, screaming crying or playful wide awake? And how long does it take for her to resettle once she wakes?

She wakes either fusing or crying- if she is fussing I will always leave her to see if she settles ( occasionally she does) or she is crying I go in and see to her give her some milk

Is she still napping?

Could she be hungry?

Are you bf?

She had about an hour bang on midday - normally wake uo
time 7am normal bedtime 7:30 -8

including all the night disturbances added now as well

Nope not BF

Are they teething? Or constipated? Constipation can sometimes show up as constipation with overflow, and get missed?

Probably started over the hot weather and now she’s in a new pattern. Maybe she’ll go back to sleep if you leave her a bit?

I will give her some milk and she eill
nromally go back of to sleep within 10 mins

She’s been having regular bowel movements and drinks her water well throughout the day

Do you think she needs the nap? Or is she overtired? Both can upset their sleep rhythms

I'd consider moving bed later. Perhaps she needs to be more tired? 11-11.5hrs is on the higher side for overnight sleep. We found from 21m ours only needed 10.5hrs overnight to sleep well, although he did 1.5hr nap

If I leave her to cry she just vomits - every single time

I try and do this something and every time I try it’s the same

Does she eat well at dinnertime? She shouldn't need milk during the night. Have you tried giving her water to make it less interesting?

I may try and reduce her daytime nap to 30 mins and see if that helps

@Chloe04We had the exact same thing at 22 months!! All of a sudden DS hated the cot, vomiting when left in it under a minute! Unfortunately he is now 2.5 years and still hates his cot, we now lay him in our bed and transfer him into his cot 🙈

Yes she always eats very well, No processed foods , all hearty homemade.

Lots of fruit and veggies and good carbs to fill her up

my mum suggested water in the night maybe that’s worth giving a go

She doesn't need milk. Stop that first off. Tell her the day before in a positive way that its no more milk at night because she is a big girl. Remind her at her last drink at night that no more until breakfast (we used to have a star light that came on a timer for the first drink at 7am). Then stick to it. She will cry for it for a night or two for a little bit but offer her water and a cuddle instead. Once she realises the milk at night is an absolute no no she will stop waking up for it. If she continues then you need to be really boring and just say it's sleepy time and offer little other than a cuddle/water.

Yes okay this is what I’m thinking too- she’s never been this nerdy even when she was tiny so I cannot carry on before it gets to hard to go back

I think nerdy is a bit harsh. I mean my teens are nerds but not because they drink milk all night 😁

You could try a small bowl of porridge or some toast just before bedtime - might fill her up a bit more.