DS sick when upset

[Gigi00]

I posted on here recently, i went on holiday and DS 17 months, would not sleep in the travel cot, we got another cot whilst there (wooden style) he would not sleep in that either. I had to get him to sleep (took 2-3 hours) eventually on my bed and transfer him in, once in a deep sleep or he wakes up screaming when he feels he's being put in his cot.

Since getting home, he has continued this behaviour & getting sick if i leave the room. I left the room for less than a minute and he started crying and vommitted. He did this over several days this week. He also wakes up during the night and is up for 1-2 hours.

He used to go to bed awake prior to our holiday and settle himself & he had minimal night time wake ups.

I worry where I'm now settling him on my bed and transferring, I'm creating a bad habit. However he wont settle without me doing this.

Please be kind, I'm exhausted. It's gone on for 2 weeks so far. 😭

Anyone? 😔

Last try, can anyone provide any advice?

Can you safely co-sleep? Saved my sanity.

Hello, I'm here! We unfortunately had someone a little similar. Went on holiday with dd and she refused to settle. The first night where she used to go to bed at 9pm, I was still settling her at 1am. After we got home, she was having absolutely none of it and was awake every hour. This went on for two months of trying everything.

We did sleep training. Yes, she did vomit and it was awful. We did the Ferber method so at least she didn't vomit all the time because of checks but it was just something we had to go through. I was getting only about 2-3 hours of broken sleep and it was wrecking my mental and physical health after it had been ongoing for 3 months.

The sleep training, when we fully committed, worked 90% after a week and 100% after a month. She's slept through ever since. I still cuddle or feed her to sleep now as I've been able to be a bit more lax about how we put her to sleep but once she's asleep she's out for the night now.

I know a lot of people are against sleep training and I get it - I was before I was driven to a very dark place by sleep deprivation. My poor baby wasn't getting any sleep either and was miserable all day before we did. The result was like night and day.

So I guess I'm not saying you need to sleep train but maybe if your gut is telling you that what you're doing now is creating a bad habit, have a look at what you're comfortable with in order to change it. For us, the vomiting was a necessary evil but I know how awful it is.

@showersandflowers thanks for replying, how old was your DD?