DS has always been a bit of a bugger with sleep. But we really felt like we were getting somewhere, until Good Friday when he was very ill, ended up in hospital etc. He woke in the night and came in with us. I know this was wrong but it was the first time he'd been severely ill and i was petrified.
Since then he has been going to bed in his own bed, then between 12 and 4am he'd come into our room and get in bed. We'd all have a good nights sleep and we got used to co-sleeping.
Recently however he wakes at about 10pm, he is unconsolable and we struggle to get him back to bed. I refuse to go up and take him into bed with me. I try to get in bed and wait for him to come. When we dont want to go to bed its nearly impossible to get him back to sleep in his own bed. We've left him crying on the landing, crying on his bed and he'll carry on until one of us goes to bed.
Co-sleeping wasnt a huge issue, but it was a way for us all to sleep but this has changed too. He will kick, pull hair, head butt, cry, sometimes in his sleep sometimes not. So now we are stuck, he either runs around crying or kicks the living daylights out of me and DH.
We are at our wits end, and could really do with some advice. DH suggested shutting his door (so he couldnt open it not locked) but i am not happy with doing this, i feel there are too many risks involved.
Thank you if you have got to the end of this, but i need to put all the information down.
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Volkl · 08/05/2008 10:05
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