Hi lovely parents! Any help on this greatly appreciated! My ds has always been a good sleeper, though an early riser. He tends to sleep 7.30 to anywhere after 5 no problems for the last few months. Suddenly, for the last 3 weeks or so he has been waking in the night unable to self settle and getting himself in a right tizz. I tend to go in to him, pat his tummy or sit by the cot until he falls back to sleep, which can take anywhere up to an hr and a half. He can be crying, or grizzly, or just awake and playing. If I leave the room he screams so hard he chokes and is nearly sick, so I wait it out by the cot. He is teething (at nearly 9 mo still none though) and the hot weather means his room is 26/27 degrees with a fan and window open. He woke every 2 hrs last night and in knackered. We usually end up with him sleeping with one of us on the sofa at around 4.30am as we know he'll sleep for a couple more hrs this way. He's recently dropped his afternoon nap, and is almost crawling, so when he is awake in his cot he tends to flip over and crawl about, but then gets all upset if he can't roll back.
My husband and I are so tired, I get so frustrated with the little thing and I don't know what to do to help him sleep through the night. I know he's at that age now where he realises that crying = mummy, but I am loath to try crying it out as I don't think it's right (and I am weak). We also live in the tiniest flat with stud walls, so there is little chance of getting away from any noise.
Has anyone else had this and what did you do. If I don't sleep soon I think I'll have a breakdown.