Hi, since he was 10 months my DS has rocked himself when we put him down to sleep. He's now 20mnths. Laying on his back he rocks/rolls from one side to the other - quite vigorously, sometimes moving himself up the bed and I suddenly hear his head banging against the head of the cot. He starts as soon as we leave the room and this can go on for ages (as long as it takes him to go to sleep). We go in and soothe him and he stops and we resettle him, but he just starts right up again when we leave. It wakes me at night, every few hours I hear him. Resettling him could be making it worse so I've tried not going in, but it makes no difference. Getting him a toddler pillow didn't make a difference either. However, if he co-sleeps with us then he doesn't rock at all to get to sleep, but I know that myself and DH moving around in our sleep wakes him, so I don't think that co-sleeping is a long term option. If I try rocking like he does it it gives me a terrible dizzy head (I know, don't do it!) Neither of my health visitors had ever heard of a child doing this so couldn't offer any specific advice.
Does anyone else have a child that has done this? Did you find a solution or did they just stop? What could be causing it? Any tips would be very gratefully received as I'd love him to have a restful full night's sleep for once.