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Our little one has been having these really rough nights lately, waking up every hour or two completely inconsolable. We’re trying to figure out if this is just a brutal sleep regression or something else, maybe related to his recent ear infection. I’m wondering if anyone else has gone through a phase like this with their toddler and how you got through the sheer exhaustion of it.

I went through a rough stretch with my toddler last year. Sleep regression hit hard for a couple of weeks and the night noises felt endless. We kept a simple routine and it helped more than anything else. Consistency felt like a lifeline.

We tried to rule out anything medical and had his ears checked again. If the ear infection was waking him the path to steadier nights is slow but possible. We added a predictable bedtime then a brief calm cuddle before lights out.

It might be less about a single culprit and more about a rapid change in what he can handle at once. Sleep regression is real but I would not pin every wake on that label.

That sounds exhausting I am tired just reading it. You deserve a break for a minute during the day and a moment of breath at night if you can steal one.

Letting the mind wander a bit a few nights in a row is not wrong. If you can sketch a tiny plan a little later bedtime or a short bath a few times a week can help reset the rhythm.

Maybe the framing is off the night critter acts not to ruin you but to test the new boundaries of family life. The real work is how to hold steady without losing yourself.

One question to consider is whether the daytime schedule gives him enough predictable rhythm to feel secure?

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