My 7 month old has, out of no where, stopped sleeping through the night. We were on holiday 2 weeks ago. He slept through the first 4 nights, no problem. Then he started waking about 2-3 hours after he was put to bed. Tried putting the dummy back in, didn't help. The only thing to soothe him was to cuddle him. I would cuddle him for 10-30 minutes and then put him back. He woke 2 more times and the process continued.
The next few night got worse. He would only sleep if I cuddled him. The minute I put him down he would wake again. We thought it was teething, and we gave him Calpol and he went back to sleep no problem. However, it only worked that one night. We tried 2 more night with Calpol, but didn't change anything so I stopped.
Now it's been 2 weeks of him sleeping for the first couple hours after bedtime and then he screams and won't calm down unless he's cuddled. He won't settle on husband, only me. So I'm the only one losing sleep at the moment. He's napping during the day, wakes up after 45-50 min and needs a cuddle back to sleep (though used to sleep for longer stretches). He's doing well with weaning, I thought maybe it was a food allergy so didn't give him any food today, but alas, I'm in bed with him in my arms for the 3rd time tonight.
Is this separation anxiety? If anyone else has gone through this, how long did it last? Any tips or tricks?
He sleeps in a next to me cot but was hoping to sleep train him so we can move him into his new bedroom. But I don't want to sleep train while this is happening.
I can't co sleep because my husband can sometimes have night terrors and will flail around in bed or whip the bedsheets off or try to 'save me from falling off the bed'. The only option is husband sleeps in the other room, but we're already having a strained relationship, I don't want to make things worse.
Help please!