Hi wise mummies!
Please can I ask your advice? In the last week my 17 month old has suddenly become really clingy at nap time and bedtime. We've struggled with 30 minute naps for months - he was having 12 hour nights and one nap of a maximum of 60 mins during the day but he was coping ok. We've just been on holiday for a week where he reverted to 2 naps of at least an hour sometimes longer and shorter nights resulting in 5am waking (usual wake time is 6ish).
Having come home we've got him back to one nap but he is really difficult to settle in his cot. Previously went down like a dream after a lullaby, now he clings on to us or cries and stands up when we put him in his cot but is happy to cuddle in to us. Usually cuddling him for a bit longer and getting him really calm means we can put him down but when he wakes after 30/40 minutes (every nap) it is impossible to get him back down (he clings around my neck and without peeling him off which results in him getting really upset I can't put him back down). He is very happy to sleep on me/oh for nearly an hour which is much longer then his pre-holiday naps when he just wouldn't resettle whatever we did. Today I tried to put him down 4 times and then ended up letting him sleep on me.
He is also much harder to settle at bedtime than usual. We've pushed bedtime back due to him having more daytime sleep and this has helped but he needs to be really calm before you put him down or he cries when you leave.
So my question is - is this just a phase? Do we just go with it for now and hope that it passes? I know there is a 18 month sleep regression and also separation anxiety can get troublesome but he is fine with us leaving other than naps.
Really worried about getting in to bad habits having done so well until now!
Thanks for your help.
