Hey all,
Was wondering if anyone has gone through a 'sleep regression' with toddlers who are nearing the 2yr mark. For the longest time, after many struggles, our toddler could sleep through the nights and would occasionally wake up. But for the past week or two, he has been waking up once in the middle of the night (and will bawl until we get him) and then will wake up again earlier than normal and stands in his crib, bawling again, until we get him.
His normal bedtime routine was that he goes down anywhere between 9:30-10pm and sleeps through the night until anywhere from 8:30am to 9:30am. And it has been this way even after moving him to one nap. Lately, he's been going down at the same time but will wake up anywhere between 2am-4am bawling until we get him, comfort him, and put him back down. And then he has been waking up anywhere between 7-8am. We're not quite sure what the cause of this could be but it's starting to push us back to 'hell weeks' considering we have a 3-4mo old who also appears to be going through some sleep regression. With her my wife has just been co-sleeping but it's a PITA when he wakes up in the middle of all that. I'm pretty sure it's not because she's waking him up from her cries either, as they are in different rooms.
I'm pretty sure he's not waking up in a very "happy and content" mood - usually he wakes up and lays there for 5-10 minutes then stands up and starts wailing for someone to get him. Any ideas on what we can do to get him to sleep longer without waking up and going nuts?