DC3 is a delight during the day but a terror at night! After trying literally every sleep method going, including attending a Sleep Clinic, I still cannot get him to sleep through the night.
Basically, he goes off to sleep no problem at all at 7pm but wakes at some point between 9 and midnight. He then usually wakes a couple more times after this. Sometimes he'll go back to sleep after a quick cuddle, other times he might take as long as two hours to settle... We just never know what to expect.
Have considered teething, but since he wakes almost every night, of every week, of every month I am not sure the teeth are always the problem. Controlled crying did not work... And, yes, I am doing it right as it worked for DCs 1 and 2.
We have had nights where he has slept through. And once or twice we have had a four or five-day stint of all-night sleeping, so I know he's capable of it. However, just when we think we've cracked it, he'll revert to type.
I am at the end of my tether and my relationship with DH is really suffering because of the problem as we are always ratty through sleep deprivation! I don't have the energy for any of my DCs during the day either.
Has anyone else had this problem? What did you do?
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Surely 21-month-old DS should have cracked this sleeping malarkey by now...???
RainbowBob · 17/11/2013 23:46
Thank you Jilted. I have checked out the link, and I do not think this is the problem. DS didn't have any problems with feeding - quite the opposite, in fact! And I can't see anything to suggest he is tongue tied - but I really appreciate your response! Just knowing someone is listening makes a huge difference 
You have my sympathies. I was about to pose a similar question. I have similar troubles with DS2 who has just turned two. I am at my wits' end. He will no longer nap in the day (but he definitely still needs it as he is an absolute eye-drooping, manic head-spinning monster all afternoon as he's so tired). Come bedtime, he will either go to sleep immediately or he'll be so wired it'll take hours. He'll usually wake before midnight, which will then be the start of very regular wakings through the whole night. 
I just don't know what to do. I am so miserable because I'm just so exhausted. He's a live wire all day and a nightmare all night.
DS1 started sleeping through regularly by about 18 months, so I guess I had an expectation of something similar with DS2 but he sleeps (ha!) worse now than he ever has.
I am sorry that I've been of no help to you, but just want you to know that you're not alone...
stuffed are you able to take him into your bed for a nap or will he sleep in the car? My dd went through a spare of nap refusal at this age but I could usually get her off with one of those 2 things, especially if she'd had a busy morning and a big lunch 
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