Can someone please tell me what to do.
My 22 month old son is suddenly waking at night and screaming for me. I have followed every shred of advice I've read about going in to comfort him but trying not to start bad habits.
I comfort him but as soon as he sees me his screaming intensifies and before long he's having the worst meltdown that lasts for up to 3 hours. I go in, I cuddle, I change his nappy if it needs it, offer a bottle, offer calpol, nothing works apart from bringing him into my bed which I've only done twice because I'm conscious of making the 'bad habit'. But those two nights were rock bottom. When I say it works - it stopped the screaming but it didn't really help him sleep one night he slept but woke every hour screaming mum, the other night he didn't even go to sleep.
The thing I'm trying to get across is it's not just crying and screaming it's absolute rage from him. Has anyone else experienced this? Is something wrong with him? This is all very new and I have no idea what to do to properly help him.
He is extremely strong willed. I know this post seems very negative and moaney. I love him to bits and just want to help him but I'm really losing my mind a bit with this one.
2 weeks ago he was in a routine of 7pm - 5:30 with a 1.5 hour nap. Now he's all over the place.
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Mazzatron · 25/10/2020 03:20
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