3months ago mt toddler slept through, what has happened?

[squirral]

I have just re-read the sleep-problems section desperately looking for solutions to my sons sleep problems. All I have found out is that he has all the problems, he doesn't fall asleep till 9.30 - 10.00, he wakes through the night and he wakes early. God I feel like crying.
This all began when we moved him out of a cot into a bed, before the move he fell asleep on his own at 7.30ish, slept through and woke at a reasonable hr in the morning.
We haven't changed our well established bed-time routine, I just don't understand this but its driving my husband and I crazy.Help!

[MomOrMum]

How old is he?

Sounds like things are really tough for both of you at the moment, so lots of sympathy! I'm sure someone on here has experienced the same and can help.

[squirral]

He'll be 3yrs in May. Keeping my fingers crossed for tonight.

[NellyTheElephant]

What does he do? Do you still put him to bed at 7.30? What is he doing until 9.30 and what are you doing? When he wakes in the night, what happens (you and him)?

With both my DDs we had an adjustment phase when they went into beds (initially much running around and jumping and playing in the evenings). We put a stair gate across the door, did our best to ignore them and left them to it. With each DD it was often an hour or more before I'd finally find her passed out in a heap on the floor and pick her up and put into bed. After a while it stopped - I guess the novelty wore off.

Not sure about night waking - could it be a security thing? DD2 (now 3) still needs to be tucked in very tightly (I use a blanket over her duvet in winter and a sheet over the duvet in summer) and I make sure she is securely tucked in before I go to bed. Might a bed guard help too?

[squirral]

Hi Nelly, sorry it's taken me so long to reply been busy every evening with DS. He goes to bed 7pm after quiet play (no telly low lighting, no rough games) is read several stories in bed then we sit with him till he eventually falls asleep. Previously we were leaving him and he would stand at the stair gate and shout and cry for us. I don't like leaving him to cry so now we sit with him for hrs (my husband in with him now).
Re: night waking, he seems to have forgotten how to settle himself, as soon as we go to him he walks straight back to bed and asks us to sit with him, which we do, but never had to when he was in a cot.
He's ill at the moment so just getting through and not worrying about correcting bad-habits till he's better.
Thanks for responding, sorry about essay.

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