1 and a half year old still waking up

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Hi,
I felt like my. DS turned a corner a few months ago with sleep and the constant up and down was a thing of the past then the six weeks hols started and he’s consistently screaming at least once in the night.

I’ve tried ignoring but hard when you have an older child and he often doesn’t let up until he is soothed.

My DH is working away and he has been since the beginning of the year. We tend to see him every four weeks which makes this tough especially when both DS are up at 5am!

I know I need to take the plunge and wean him off the bottle but frightened to do it on my own which is silly I know.

He stops crying when he hears you get up. I’ve tried to soothe and walk ways but it ramps up the screaming.

What makes matters worse is when he stays at grandparents house (not often) he sleeps all night.

Any advice or words of wisdom. No judgement please. I’m just very tired and feel I have no break at any point of day or night.

I know he’s just little and wants his mammy which adds to the huge guilt.

Thank you

Sorry to hear you’re suffering! It must be tough on your own.

My 18m old is up in the night, roughly every other at the moment but it peaks and troughs. I wouldn’t ignore him as I just think it must be scary being alone in the dark.

I give him a bottle to get back to sleep quicker, which I probably shouldn’t but I need my sleep too! It won’t last forever.

I do find that feeding him up before bedtime can sometimes help, so he often has weetabix or a banana before bed.

No real advice, but it will pass!

My 17mo still nearly always wakes up during the night, often multiple times if teething or anything developmental. He's night weaned (due to the bad sleep) which helped a little but certainly hasn't solved everything. My older dd slept better but definitely still woke up regularly at this age.