Is this a coincidence?
My 19 month old has been sleep trained for many months, and usually sleeps from 7ish-7. His usual schedule is 5-5.5/5-5.5 depending on how the day is going. Nap is usually 1.5-2 hrs.
In the last few weeks, he’s been some awful night sleep, that all seem to happen on the days that he is babysat by his Nan. She has admitted that sometimes she gives him a “quick rock” to sleep (which is something that neither me, his dad or his other nan need to do). He does sometimes shout or cry when you leave the room after putting him down for his nap, but only for a couple of minutes and then goes to sleep fine, it’s just the initial leaving that upsets him. I feel that she can’t tolerate him fussing at all and this means she “has to” rock him to sleep.
Could her rocking him (for the one nap he has) be affecting night sleep? On the days that she’s had him, he goes to bed fine and then wakes up around 2am hysterical and will only calm down once i cuddle him, and he won’t go back down in his own bed so then comes into mine. He then is wide awake for a couple of hours. Does this sound linked or just a massive coincidence? In the past few weeks the 5 times he’s done this have been after a day at his Nan’s house. The only other time was when we were on holiday and he was sleeping in the same room as us and i had a cough that was keeping him awake.
We worked so hard to remove the rock and pat to sleep association, i feel so sad to think she might be creating another one. We have expressed our desire to not rock him to sleep to her previously, but obviously can’t stop her without being there.