My ds (3 yrs 2 months) has always been a very good sleeper and it's unusual for him to wake at night - in fact before this current 'episode', it had been six months since he last woke during the night.
Over the last week he has woken Monday night, Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday night & Sunday night. A few days ago he had a temperature and developed a blocked nose, so I took him to the doctor who said his ears both looked a bit "dull" & were probably a bit sore. He suggested giving him some antihistamine syrup instead of the pain reliever I'd been giving him, to see if it helped. He said he didn't think antibiotics were necessary. Well his temperature went back to normal pretty quickly but he is breathing through his mouth all the time, and at night he seems to be making lots of snorting sounds while breathing, as if he can't breathe properly through his nose. I know this is all very obscure, but I just don't know why this waking has now become a pattern - even when ds has been quite ill before, he's never woken like this during the night. His nose has stopped running but the only thing I can think of is the trouble breathing - even about an hour after I put him to bed at night, I can hear that he's a bit unsettled and not sleeping soundly like he normally does. Sorry this is long... thanks for any ideas.