Is this a phase?

[Chinchilla]

My ds (15 months) has lately had a run of teeth, now totalling 16. The last few nights he has woken up several times, and he is chewing and moaning a lot more during the day.

This is all very tiring (and tiresome!) but I know that it will all get better when the gums are fully broken by the teeth, so I can handle it, and muster up a lot of patience. However, he has started being a right pickle about going to bed, just as dh and I had been congratulating ourselves on how well he could settle himself!

He is happy to fall asleep eventually if sitting on our bed with one of us, or, if he is really tired, with me sitting in his room with him. However, this can take up to two hours. As soon as we think that he is tired enough to put down, he springs back to life and screeches the house down. This is from a little boy who has lately preferred to go to bed awake and fall asleep in his cot.

Is this a teething related phase; frustration; seperation anxiety? Will it pass quickly? Please all pass on your pearls of wisdom. Thanks!

It sounds like it might me his teeth. My children were very clingy when the teeth were breaking through, (but of course I didn't know it was their teeth until after).
Has he got most of his teeth now, the back ones seem to be more painful for them anyway.
If you stick with it for a while and see what happens. If it lasts over a couple of weeks then maybe not teeth.
Oh dear this doesn't sound very helpful does it!!!
Hope it settles soon, its hard when they are so distressed isn't it

Chinchilla, it may be a phase, but don't get sucked into having to stay with him to settle to sleep, once this starts it is a really hard habit to break.

Your son is using all his control to get what he wants - Mum and Dad exactly where he wants them - it may be hard but try to break this. I know it is easier said than done, but I have friends who have NO social life anymore because they didn't break the habit

Chinchilla, I had this problem with dd for months, so I know how you feel. I am glad you have your dh, I was on my own at the time and I let it go too far, no matter how much the health visitor told me to "put her in the cot and let her cry" I just couldn't do it. Eventually I couldn't let things carry on the any longer, so I put dd in her cot, shut the door, then went to make a cup of tea and sat down in front of the tv. Twenty minutes later all was quiet. After three nights it was down to ten minutes, by the fifth night only five.
It doesn't sound like your ds is quite as used to having someone with him as my dd was, so I hope it will be easier to break the habit before it really starts. It is only a phase and will most likely pass as soon as you take control.
Good luck!
Cherry xx