My 2yr old son till very recently went to bed at 7pm, he has a wash, change then all I had to do was lie him in his cot and leave the room, he would fall asleep and get up around 6am. Around 3 weeks ago - for no reason I can think of he suddenly began to cry and shout for me as soon as I left the room, my husband can never bear to hear him cry and always ushered me to go and settle him, he now wakes continually every night all night and upon realising im not in the room with him will shout the house down till I appear. I dont have to pick him up (inless really frantic) just being in the room with him is nough to confort him but Im 6 months pregnant (I work too) and the lack of sleep is really wearing me down. I thought the best thing to do would be to leave him crying for 5/10 mins go in and settle him then leave the room again and repeat but this is very difficult to do through the entire night (im sure the neighbours wont appreciate it either).
I really dont know what to do for the best, Ive tried leaving the door open / closed in case its a light issue, Ive tried yoga music gentley playing and nothing but me being in the room can stop him (not even daddy picking him up). Can anyone suggest anything I havn't tried or do people agree that leaving the room and coming back to settle is the method to stick with? Any advice would be gratefully received!