Hi there! I’m completely new to this so not sure how it all works but I am at my wits end and need advice! My 16 month old who has always self settled to sleep (after sleep training with gradual retreat) since he was 4 months old and slept through since 6 months has now decided he is going to scream his head off everytime I put him down and won’t stop until I come back and stand in the corner of the room! It all started last week when I tried him on 1 nap and he got too overtired and I had to go in and settle him! From that he now wants me in there all the time and the worst bit is he’s waking up to 4 times a night for up to 2 hours at a time crying for me to go in there!
My question is, I want to/think I should leave him to cry but I don’t know how long is too long and how much I can take?? Can anyone share experience of how long cry it out takes, e.g 1 hour? 5 hours? I know every baby is different but I can’t bare the thought of doing it then giving up and making everything worse! Please help!