HELP!!! So tired and frustrated :-(

[preciousgem]

Please someone help us. Our 14th month old son has started screaming and crying alot at night. He goes to bed with 9oz milk and goes to sleep, but a couple of hours later he is stood up screaming and crying. I go up and lie him back down with the milk he hasn't finished. Sometimes he settles and goes back to sleep, but often he gets straight back up and starts screaming and crying again so I have to take him downstairs and rock him to sleep so he doesn't wake his brother up (3 years). Even after that around midnight/1am he starts again. He has even started doing the same when he is put down for a sleep in the day. I am just so tired and frustrated, I don't know what to do anymore. It's really getting me down. Hope someone can help!!!

I feel your pain having two the same age. Is the baby teething back teeth? Mine is and does the same off an on, I find its either teeting (a syringe of medicine) or he wants water (I've stopped with milk at night and would really like to dump the water too). Its hard when you have two and the other one is sleeping soundly, mine are now sharing a room. Hope he settles soon and you get some sleep, I've just stocked up on concealer!

maybe add extra layers incase he is cold? maybe worth dose of calpol to see if is teething?

Thank you both, we also think he's trying to cut more teeth and he has calpol every night just before bed. We have even been adding the extra layers as it is very cold at night, he won't keep his quilt over him, kicks it off every time.

My two refused a duvet until they were well over 18 months, we used to dress them both in PJs and then a fleecy babygrow over the top (you used to be able to get the in Mothercare) to keep them warm. I have a similar (but not so bad) problem - DD2 (23 months) is up at 5am and it's awful as she wakes DD1 (3.5) and DH (who does loads of driving for work) and I have loads of trouble trying to keep her quiet. I feel for you.

The other thing is we did do the controlled crying with both of them and it did work but you have to accept a few broken nights before you get there (worth it in the long run). If he's crying, settle him until he's calm then lie him back down, then leave the room and let him cry for 5 mins. Then go back and settle him then leave him for 10mins, then do it again and leave for 15mins etc.. Think the longest I had to leave them was 15mins...

try medised for teething works a treat

helenhicks, thanx we have done the leaving him crying and it works sometimes.

shobbs, where do I get that?

We had a better night last night, one incident around 9:30pm took about 15 mins to settle him then one incident at around 2am and he settled back within minutes.