My ds (2.5) always used to sleep through the night. and still normally goes to sleep without a problem, but a few months ago he started waking up in the early hours. There is no particular time he wakes up so can't find a reason for him to actually wake. He doesn't complain about anything doesn't say he's hungry or thirsty.
I've made a few mistakes with this, letting him into our bed in moments of weakness, sitting with him in his room for a while, even reading him a little story occasionally so i know i've made it worse, but i've also tried just putting him back in his bed repeatedly but just seems to last for hours with him constantly crying. Now he seems to want to sit in his bed or chair with a cover and some books. he woke up at 12:45 last night, i tried repeatedly putting him to bed when that didn't work, sat with him for a while, read a little story. Eventually he sat in bed with his own little pile of books to read and eventually fell back to sleep.
I've started giving him a supper to make sure it's not hunger that's waking him up but no difference. I'm going to do the put him back to bed not saying anything thing this weekend that the s/nanny seems to do. Does anyone know if it actually works off screen?
please help! any advice is welcome and certainly appreciated. I'm now expecting #2 and worried he'll still be waking up when baby here.