20 month old night waking?

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Anyone else’s 18-22 month old suddenly waking in the middle of the night? My son has always been a very good sleeper and averages 12 hours a night 8pm to 8am. Now he is suddenly waking in the middle of the night and fighting going back to sleep. He was up from 2am to 5am this morning before he finally fell asleep again. I tried bringing him into bed with me, but that just woke him up even further and he sat up looking at everything. I think the best thing is to leave him in his bed (still in a crib) and stay with him as long as he’s upset but keep laying him down and encouraging him to go back to sleep. It’s just so hard when he keeps standing up and either throwing his lovey (necessary for him to sleep) to make me get it or asking me to pick him up. Ugh, I’m 26 weeks pregnant and having trouble sleeping myself so I really hope this is a quick phase that resolves itself soon!

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Is he any better lol mine is doing the same exact thing and I’m so tired , Friday he was up from 2:30 until 6:30 am 😭I just wana sleep again

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I’m fairly certain this is the 20 month sleep regression and not teeth. From what I’ve read, the 20 month is more power struggle/boundary pushing which he has been doing consistently during the day as well. What he wants is for me to remove him from the crib, because he repeatedly stands up and asks to be picked up. At first I gave in and rocked him for a bit, thinking that when I put him back he would roll over and go back to sleep. Not so. He will fall asleep in the rocking chair and wake immediately as I stand up and our cycle starts all over again. As tough as it is, I’m going to have to resort to repeatedly laying him back down in the crib and shushing him. He is still tired because he yawns and rubs his eyes, he just fights going back to sleep. I tried letting him cry it out for over an hour one night but he only gets more worked up, takes longer to go back to sleep, and started banging his head on the crib in frustration (which is when I immediately broke the CIO and went in.) He’s a very independent kid who will not sleep unless he’s alone in his own bed so bringing him in with us isn’t an option nor is it a habit I want to start. It’s exhausting but I think I just have to wait it out. Meanwhile I was up for two 2-hour stretches fighting with him last night. 😴

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my son is going thru that! you poor mama! is he teething?? my son would wake anywhere from 3am to 5 am and stay up all day! i know how tired you must be! its hard cuz we dont know what is causing them to wake up, often i notice my boy will need a new diaper, other times he just wants a snack and or to be held.... does he nap a lot during the day? i try to keep it earlier- no naps past 5, if no nap all day then early bed time aroud 730-8. could even be sleep regression which is a phase unfortunately. after a solid month we are finslly getting somewhat on track. i hope you get some sleep soon!💕

20 month old night waking?

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