DS Not Sleeping Through - Ideas Needed!

[MamaHC]

Hi guys!
Desperate for some help. My DS is 2, 3 in October and wakes up every night. He goes down fine, no issues falling asleep. Usually falls asleep in my bed then transfer to cot....all OK. He sleeps for 5 hours then wakes up. This happens every night and has been going on for over a year. Sometimes I can settle him in his cot (find dummy, play lullaby etc), sometimes he needs milk but no matter what I do, he doesn't sleep through. Always up 5 hours later. Any help on how to get him to sleep through is much appreciated xx

Mine was the same until he was about 4 and a half. Even now at 7 he still sometimes wakes in the night. My other two sleep straight through, in general. Sometimes there's no much you can do but bear with it - sometimes it's just the way some kids are (accounting for ruling out any outside influences/needing to see etc). My dh is also the same as an adult - only ever sleeps for about 6 hours. He was like that as a kid, too.

Children who tend to fall asleep in one place but be put down later in other plus milk feedings do tend to wake more often in the night.

Maybe get him a bed and settle.him in there so he is not transferred anywhere once asleep. Leave a lidded cup of water at the side of the bed in case he wakes up thirsty

Start by putting him to sleep in his own bed rather than moving him from one room to another. As a previous poster has said, water beside his bed. Does he eat supper? Routine with supper, bath, cuddles and story in his own room

The problem is that he’s falling asleep in one place then waking up somewhere else. That would be unsettling for most people!
Everyone wakes in the night, they just tend to resettle without becoming fully awake. He’s far more likely to do that if he wakes in the same place he went to sleep... ie his cot.
Milk/lullabies etc in the middle of the night will also prevent him from self settling.

Thanks guys. Think a shake up on the current routine is needed. I have an 8yr DD so as long as I don't unsettle her by settling him lol!