19 month old help needed with sleep

[Mamma1992]

My 19 month old has never been a great sleeper. Lots of waking during the night and early mornings but recently has seemed to get better since we’ve come back from holiday. He has started to sleep through in his cot most nights In his cot.

the last 2 weeks he has most days then not woken up absolutely inconsolable. Screaming, saying no and doesn’t want anything, won’t be picked up take a dummy or water. He doesn’t calm down unless I put the tv on for him and we try not to give him to much screen time.
He also has started to be extremely tired in the day because he won’t go for naps. He’s always been so easy to put for a nap and now I can see he’s tired he’ll fall asleep in the buggy if we’re out or in my arms for me rocking him( I’ve always done this and had no problem) then I go to put him on the bed and he goes mental, again inconsolable.

i just don’t know what’s happened, it’s seemed to have come out of the blue and it’s really hard to see him get so upset.

apart from sleep he’s happy when he’s awake.

We had this with one of our twins. We had a phone consultation with a sleep consultant a friend had recommended, and one of the things she suggested was upping the level of fat in DT1’s diet. Toddlers need a certain level of fat for their developing brains and if they aren’t getting enough it can stop them sleeping.
She said we could consider all kinds of ways of doing that - full-fat yogurt, almond butter, avocado blending into things, butter in scrambled eggs etc etc.
Anyway, we gave it a try and it worked! Just to reassure, said twin is now 9 and the lankiest kid in his class (like his twin in the other class) so it didn’t tip him into obesity.
It might not be the issue in your son’s case but could be worth a go?

I do unhesitatingly recommend Mel at www.sleepnannies.co.uk/ to help sort you out. She was so kind and lovely, listened carefully and asked all the right questions before providing tailored advice to our specific situation.

I wish you well, OP - lack of sleep is wellbeing-shredding and colours every other aspect of parenting. Hope you crack the issue soon 🤞

The night waking sounds like night terrors which are more likely to happen when he is over tired or unwell.

I would try waking up around 6/7 and getting one nap post lunch time and then have a later bed time around 9 ish.