"3 in the bed and the big one says"

[Mama5isalive]

Hi all - my DS1 settles fine, with his last bottle and then sleeps but wakes up at 3/3.30am and cries until he is placed into the bed then is off to sleep again! i have tried being hard with him but he cries for ages and ends up waking up the other children, DH can sleep through it but its then hard for me to get a good sleep for im aware he is in and worry about our covers & pillows. i then have to get up at 7.10am deal with others kids and school,then i have to get ready to go work, its not a long day but just dont get a good night sleep, - advice please!!!!!

How old is he? I think you get more sleep by just letting them come into bed than messing around trying to re-settle them in the middle of the night.

Mrsfogi he just turned 1 a few weeks back! was bf upto 8 months so was used to him falling asleep on me while feeding but whats annoying is he is so tired still but will just wake up then stand up crying and leaning out of the cot he is arms length away from me so he just stares at me while crying feel guilty to make him cry and wake up more so as soon as he wakes up and say "mam" i sit up and grab him up,out and in as quick as that and before i lay back down he is fast asleep! everyone says i spoiled him(dont know how) but now with me back at work i need to sleep!!!!!

So he's not teeny. If nonetheless you find you can't sleep properly because you're worried about the pillows etc can you find a way to put him in the middle of the bed but on top of the duvet with his own little blanket on him? I'm aware that it's not a solution but I'm lazy about sorting out sleeping problems, they just seem to disappear over the years and then I miss having babies in bed!

My dd is 16mths. I think when you really want him to settle in his own bed he will. What I mean by that is he has to 'know' you mean it when you put him back in his bed. My biggest tip is to act with total confidence that he will settle when youve done the goodnight kiss- any wavering on you part and they sense it. It takes about 4 or 5 days Id say, but they do get it in the end. Good luck

Thanks for advice - may have to do this while kids are on hols for dont want them to be disturb by the crying!
i do put him in the middle but am still aware of him and dont like turning my back on him either so end up sleeping on my right side which now makes my left side hurt abit!
i def know it will sort out itself its i would like him to just stay put till am!