DS has recently started waking in the night and instead of settling himself as he used to, begins crying and screaming, becoming utterly hysterical if we try to put him back to bed after going in to see him. He is fine if we cuddle him, but then cries "no! no! no!" and physically resists being lowered back into his cot, and screams and cries hysterically until we pick him up again.
We have put him in our bed where he becomes chatty and playful, or sometimes dozes off but we are all suffering from lack of sleep now. Has been going on all week.
Don't think it's night terrors as he is awake. Leaving a light on or playing music or singing to console him doesn't help, nor does lying in his room alongside the cot. He just doesn't want to be in his cot if he wakes up - yet has no problem going to bed in the evenings (and has always slept well at night as a baby, apart from when ill)
We tried leaving him to settle himself, waiting a few minutes before coming in and picking him up but he really gets beside himself.
Any tips to help him settle back in his own bed are gratefully received.