My DS has recently turned 4 and has always been a great sleeper. Gone to bed fine and slept through the night since he was a baby but the last couple of weeks he's started waking and saying he's scared. Doesn't say why or what of just that he's scared and he won't go back to sleep unless I go and sleep next to his bed which I do just to get some sleep or I'd be up all night. He'd also wake my 10 month old because he really shouts the times I've tried to just reassure him and go back to my room. I've not really any idea how to help him, I'm sure me staying with him hasn't helped the situation but as I say I can let let him shout and wake the whole house and I need sleep too.
At tucking in time he has a little whinge and occasionally says he's scared but goes down without much trouble. We've bought a night light which he loves but doesn't seem to have helped. He's also still in pull ups and he soaks them every night and has recently been leaking out of them so that's waking him too and not helping him sleep through either. I've tried going back to nappies tonight as was told they hold more than pull ups and have given him a little less to drink running up to bed and more in the afternoon instead.
Anyway I'm rambling but if anyone has any advice on how I can help him get over this sudden change that would be great!