Our 2yo randomly has started waking in the night. He was a bad sleeper until about 18 months, then has been mostly great for the last 6+ months even during moving houses and a new baby. We were about to transition him out of his crib to a twin floor bed, but we're trying to wait out whatever this issue is so it doesn't compound his issues.

When he wakes up he screams and cries. He's always done this. I keep thinking he'd grow out of it but hasn't yet...

Advise? Solidarity? Hallppp

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I had the same problem with my son. At 2.5 half, he almost always sleeps through the night, but 2 months ago, he was waking 2x. He never co-slept with me as a baby—we all always *terrible* sleep when I tried.

A few months ago, I started reading him more books about independent sleeping, and extended our bedtime routine to a full hour for extra love and snuggles. Now that he gets more affection, he has become more cuddly and prefers co-sleeping, but I still rarely allow that because he's a light sleeper and wakes up earlier. Who knows what worked in the end; it was most likely time, maturity, and maybe a stronger sense of security to some degree. Expecting #2 in a month, so it's likely we'll have another sleep regression ahead of us

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My son did that and it turned out to be ear pain.

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Hmm how did you figure that out?

At about 2, kids are going through a big developmental leap where they can be more fussy and have disrupted sleep. These issues are generally temporary and last a few weeks. You can read more about these leaps by looking up Yhe Wonderweeks.

If I were you, I would put off transitioning his bed as long as he is still safe sleeping there. You've said he doesnt try to climb out (for now at least), so that's good.

When you're ready to transition his bed, you may consider just taking a side off his crib so its still familiar but he can get in/out himself, or keeping his crib mattress and just putting it on the floor if that's not possible. That makes the transition a little less drastic than a new huge mattress on the floor.

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Children of this age have heightened senses...they are extremely sensitive to noises, bad dreams and having nobody to coax or soothe them during these times results in those screams...
Then again just like people not every child is similar, some are pretty independent and some require more love and attention(basically your situation)..
I would suggest keeping a few things that smell like you with him/her when they are going to sleep, give them a teddy..

I feel for you, sadly with most babies(unless it's something medical) the waiting game is probably your best option..

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What happens if he sleeps in your bed?

So he's never slept in our bed at home. Hasn't really tried to either, though since baby was born he is very aware that we (mom, dad, baby) sleep in one room and he's separate.

We've co-slept on trips, which results in no one sleeping well. He usually wants to be literally on top of you, not beside. He's hard to get settled, thrashes around, wakes up throughout the night and gets confused (and scared) even though he's right between us.

I'm not totally against co- sleeping but with baby waking through the night, I feel like he wouldn't sleep well in our bed either.

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