Hi all,
Some advice here would be great.
We have a good bed time routine - dinner/bath/bed always the same....
Our DS is 2 and goes to bed at 7pm each night. One of us will cuddle up with him with a bottle of C&G 1-2yr formula milk on his junior bed and he normally falls to sleep straight away. He normally drinks all of his milk.
However, he stirs at around 11pm (probably because he has misplaced his dummy) and sometimes we will give him another bottle if he wont settle back off to sleep.
During the night (2am) he often wakes and stands by his door (by babygate) crying for mummy/daddy etc. He then ends up in bed with us as DH just brings him in!!! He then fidgets for ages and lies on each of us until 5-6am when he wakes - demanding his milk.
Regardless of whether he has ended up in our bed or stayed in his junior bed, DS is usually awake at 5-6am and and shouts out for his milk - which one of us duly gets!
I know this is ridiculous - and some advise would be really appreciated.
- For him to sleep a whole night through
- For him to not be demanding milk all the time during the night (he doesnt have any during the day)
- To keep him in his bed ALL night.
Many thanks all - any comments would be welcome.
PS. We didnt have this problem with our DD who is now 7 :)
. The problem I find is that you are often so tired at 2am that you just can't be bothered to fight. If I were you I would talk to DH and say you need to nip it in the bud now (so you don't end up like me 
), use a star chart if he is not too young and he gets a sticker every night he stays in his own bed then a prize at the end of each week. You need to be firm though and keep putting him back when he gets up even if he cries. Start at the weekend maybe so DH doesn't need to be up for work.