Please Help! Naps and Bedtime are MISERABLE!!!! 19 months old.....

[raquelatx]

Hi Ladies-

I don't know what the heck is going on the past 4 days; I'm at a standstill with what to do or how to handle it best to the best of my son's advantage.

For the last 3 days (naps) and nights, he's been having a terrible time falling asleep, staying asleep (NW's) and taking naps. When laying him down he usually is asleep in 5-10 minutes, doesn't wake thru the night and has no problem at all when I lay him down for naps.

Now, he screams for about an hour when he's placed in his crib at bedtime, wakes up around 1-2am and will scream and cry for 2 hours, and now for naptime, he is doing the same thing (right now)..... screaming and calling for "mama". As soon as I go into his bedroom, the screaming/crying stops immediately. How do I handle this? Just let him cry himself to sleep? Do I go into his room at all?

Please HELP!!!!!

[~inbalance~]

You definitely don't want to let him cry as it's obvious something is off and he needs you.  Just need to figure out what is going on. 

Things to consider are teeth, developmental milestones/leaps, big changes in his life or routine, 18mo sleep regression (often related to several of the above).

Why don't we start by having a look at your routine. 

[raquelatx]

Thanks! 

Our schedule is as follows:

Wakes  8:00ish
Nap 12:30-2:00ish
Bedtime 8:30-9:00ish

Need more details?

[raquelatx]

FYI... I'm also concerned because I have another baby coming in August and I don't want the toddler to have to depend on us for rocking or patting or whatever he's needing.    I would like him to have the nighttime and naptime down by then....   Today at nap, he screamed and cried for 7 minutes so it wasn't so bad... but it was a gut wrenching scream for a loooong 7 minutes until he fell asleep. I felt soooo bad!!!!