DS2 (2.4 years old) suddenly started screaming hysterically when waking up at night at about 2years old, had been a very good sleeper up until then. Nothing obviously wrong with him in terms of health. But he seemed really distressed, so I got into bed beside him, as the normal settling routine for him, saying "mummy's nearby, time for sleep" and keeping on going in there seemed to really make him more distressed.
Now I've been doing this for about 4 months - am knackered! I've tried Elizabeth Pantly methods - giving him a snuggle toy, gently withdrawing when he's nearly asleep (his eyes fly open, and he screams hysterically)
any thoughts? DH is proposing letting him cry to sleep, which of course I don't want to do.
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toddler hysterical when not co-sleeping, what to do?
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time4tea · 10/05/2009 08:04
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