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Baby Sleep Advise

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h0lly88 · 14/01/2026 11:14

Hey everyone

My little one is 14 months and he has never slept through the night, we got to a stage where it was just a small wake up and bottle, nappy change and straight back to sleep so it wasn't bad. We moved him to his own room when we moved house last month so he's new to being on his own - for the first two weeks it seemed to be working well - But for the past couple weeks he wakes up around 2-3am and screams the house down, he will scream until one of us goes to him and then he's all smiles and wants to be held and he's completely fine. We will try and leave him for a bit but then I go to him because I can't bear him being that upset and alone so then I get him back to sleep but the second I start leaving he's really upset again

I think it must be separation anxiety?

Anyone who has experienced this, how did you find it, any solutions you found that might help us?

Thank you!

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Ihaveneedofwaternear · 14/01/2026 11:19

I have experienced this but never found a solution, sorry. My young children have both always woken in the night and needed comfort. Older one only stopped when they genuinely just slept through without waking. Younger one still wakes, usually after having a bad dream but sometimes he's fine just awake, don't know if it's noise or too hot/cold or what.

I don't think a young child really has the ability to soothe themself back to sleep in the dark when they fully wake.

Maybe look at things that might be waking him. Temperature, light, the clicking of the heating coming on, noise outside... Consider if you can do anything like blackout blinds or white noise. But also consider that he is really young, things are changing all the time in his life and in his brain, and he might not sleep through and it's normal to need a parent in the night.

Solidarity, I know it's really, really hard not getting sleep x

Peonies12 · 14/01/2026 13:43

Sounds pretty normal, I’d be looking at his schedule - does he need less day sleep or later bedtime? I’d get a floor bed so you can just sleep there with him. And why are you doing nappy change if not a poo? I have not changed a nappy at night since mine was a few months old.

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h0lly88 · 15/01/2026 08:56

Peonies12 · 14/01/2026 13:43

Sounds pretty normal, I’d be looking at his schedule - does he need less day sleep or later bedtime? I’d get a floor bed so you can just sleep there with him. And why are you doing nappy change if not a poo? I have not changed a nappy at night since mine was a few months old.

He has a 45 min nap in the day. Nappy changes are usually a poo but also if it's really heavy I change it..

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h0lly88 · 15/01/2026 08:57

Ihaveneedofwaternear · 14/01/2026 11:19

I have experienced this but never found a solution, sorry. My young children have both always woken in the night and needed comfort. Older one only stopped when they genuinely just slept through without waking. Younger one still wakes, usually after having a bad dream but sometimes he's fine just awake, don't know if it's noise or too hot/cold or what.

I don't think a young child really has the ability to soothe themself back to sleep in the dark when they fully wake.

Maybe look at things that might be waking him. Temperature, light, the clicking of the heating coming on, noise outside... Consider if you can do anything like blackout blinds or white noise. But also consider that he is really young, things are changing all the time in his life and in his brain, and he might not sleep through and it's normal to need a parent in the night.

Solidarity, I know it's really, really hard not getting sleep x

Edited

It is hard but don't want him to be scared or upset so happily be there for him I just hope he stops the screaming soon and settles down, thank you for your tips Ill have a look at changing a few things to see if it helps! <3

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