Our little boy slept through the night up until three months ago when he was ill and we offered him milk to get him relaxed and back to sleep...since then he wakes up to five times a night for a drink. We managed to slowly transition from milk to water by gradually diluting the milk with water to save his teeth rotting but he still wakes for the water.
I am pregnant again now and I can't take waking up so often...no matter whether me or OH gets up to get him a sippy cup, it still wakes me up. He needs his nappy changed each time he wakes, or else all his sheets need washed and it's so much work.
Leaving a cup in reach does no good, he is too sleepy to find it. I tried to let him cry it out, and he screamed for over an hour before I gave up...I felt awful, he was in hysterics and showed no sign of relenting.
What can I try, other than crying it out? He is still too immature to reason with, and it would never workwhen he is sleepy at night, especially if he is upset