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17m old refusing to go to sleep - please help!

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latrucha · 11/12/2011 19:34

My 17m old DS usually goes to bed at the same time as his sister, has a story, gets popped in his cot, rolls over and goes to sleep.

Three nights ago he woke t around 12.30 and could or would not go to sleep again until 3.30. He screamed every time I took him to his bed. He fell asleep next to me watching tV on the sofa bd in the end. When I put him in his cot, he was hysterical so I took him back to bed.

He has had a couple of nights liek this in the past which I put down to teething.

For the past two bedtimes now he has becomecompletely hysterical at being put in his bed. LAst night he eventually fell asleep in DH's ams after crying for an hour with me trying to reassure him while in the cot.

Tonight, I tried to settle him in his cot. No dice. Tried bf him to sleep. No couddles/ No. He is now next to me hindering me from typing

CC does not work with him. He just gets more and more worked up. He's gone for well over an hour and I'm not prepared to do more.

He sleeps in teh same room as his sister.

He has had a bad cld recently but it didn't stop him sleeping. He has been waking up once a night fairly regularly in the last few weeks but just needed a pat to go to sleep.

What is up and what do I do?

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DonInKillerHeels · 11/12/2011 19:38

Our DS, exactly the same age, has been doing exactly the same thing over the past week or so. We are putting it down to a growth spurt because he wakes for a 2-3 hour stretch in the middle of the night and wriggles and wriggles and wriggles like a dog trying to settle.

I'd welcome advice too. For us it has been helpful to go back to a very strict bedroom routine, in which Mummy puts him to bed (not Daddy), and we do a version of CC if necessary, in which we never let him get hysterical. We seem to be through the phase now. I don't know if that's helfpul.

latrucha · 11/12/2011 19:45

I put him in tonight. He was ok at first then just sat up looking at me. I laid him down and stroked him for ages. As soon as I stopped he got up and sarted crying. After last night's experience with CC I just took him out and fed him. No sleep. He's just sitting next to me trying to get y attention right now. I'm sitting with the lights out trying to come up with Plan B,C,D and E.

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latrucha · 11/12/2011 19:53

He's just given in and fallen asleep next to me on the sfa. This can't go on though. Please help!

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latrucha · 11/12/2011 20:00

Right I' m going to put him in his cot. Any help really appreciated.

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DonInKillerHeels · 11/12/2011 20:01

Try the sleep thread?

latrucha · 11/12/2011 20:06

Sorry. Yes. That's a good idea. I'd forgotten all about it.

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