I figured once we hit 18 months the night wakings would settle into something more manageable, but my son still pops up two or three times and needs help getting back down. I tried a gentle check-in routine last week thinking it might ease things without a full cry-it-out approach, yet it just seemed to stretch the wake times longer instead of shortening them. Not sure if I’m reading this as normal toddler stuff or if something else is off.