My son is 17 months old normal happy, active little boy but for the past month he has been waking several times during the night, at first he would settle with us sitting in the room and would sleep for the rest of the night but then he started waking when we left the room and we became so tired he kept ending up in bed with us. About 2 weeks ago we decided enough is enough he has to sleep in his own bed, he will settle to sleep reasonably well, we have to stay in the room until he falls asleep but he wakes by about 12 and I keep ending up falling asleep on his floor until he settles, I can then sneak off to bed undetected but then he wakes up an hour later and starts to cry again the cycle continues.
I tried controlled crying but it made him hysterical and he tried to climb out his cot. We are working on him settling himself to sleep as around 3 months ago he was being rocked to sleep. We are just at the end of our tether now. My husband and I are so tired I feel constantly sick! We initially put all this down to teething but its going on and on and on. Help any advice would be very appreciated.