Good Morning
My son is 2yrs and 4 months old, he used to sleep relatively well in his cot bed. I moved him into a toddler bed 3 weeks ago (he was starting to climb our) he has adapted fairly well and quite quickly but the issue that has arisen now is he wants his head stroked or his hand held to fall asleep (i never had to do that before when he was in his cot bed) this can take up to an hour, if i do this for 15 minutes and then get up to leave he has a meltdown. He has also started waking every night between 1.30am and 2.30am, coming into my room and very happily wants to go back to his own bed but wants me to stay there and stroke his head/hold his hand until he falls asleep, this is taking up to an hour also,He starts crying if he wakes up and realises i'm not there. Is this normal once they have moved into a toddler bed?
The reason for my post is i'm getting slightly anxious (not to mention a bit tired with broken sleep, every parent has broken sleep i know!!) but my 2nd baby is due in 2 weeks time, my husband is away quite a bit with work so the last 3 weeks have been extremely testing. Is there anything i can do to settle him quickly when he wakes in the night? I know habits form quickly (waking every night at the same time) and i understand that the transition from cot bed to toddler bed is a big move and i know my son wants reassurance, i'm just starting to panic a little.
My son also seems clingier than usual, he goes to nursery 2.5 days a week and absolutely loves it there but once he's at home, he's started crying if i leave the room to go to the loo, even though i do explain where i'm going and i'll be right back.
Do you think he is feeling upset because of the imminent new arrival? Apologies for the long message, i'm just getting a bit nervous about the new baby and also i'm tired from not sleeping.
Any guidance/tips/advice would be greatly appreciated
thank you so much.