Please help am at wits end!

[SleepySheep]

really sorry for this being a similar post to one I've posted in the past and I'm sorry my problem seems insignificant to many posts on here, but....

I have a gorgeous ds who is 16 months old. He sleeps during the day in his cot and for his two days at nursey has now decided to sleep on a mat on the floor with the older children. But at night time he won't have any of it.

He's been really poorly since christmas with chest infections, bronchilits, chickenpox..... And night terrors. The only way to calm him was for him to sleep in his buggy. We hoped when he got better this would stop, but he just hangs over the edge of his cot and screams. We've tried a night light, playing music, cuddly toy. Nothing works. I really don't want to leave him to xry as he gets so worked up, starts coufhing and choking and the takes ages to calm, but i can't think of anything else to do.

Any advice would be extremely welcome!

Could try gradual withdrawal. lay him down in cot but stay with him top he falls asleep. If he crys then soothe/stroke/shush while he's in the cot only pick up if really upset then put down when calm. Do this everynight til he falls asleep without any fuss. Then you lay him down in fit. Sit next to cot and ignore until asleep, soothe if upset. Repeat and gradually move dowager the door until you're sat outside.
This way you're with him, he knows you're nearby and f he gets upset you can soothe him. Ds was I'll over Xmas then teething and we were rocking him to sleep til we did this. He settle s fine now. I'm not sure how it'll work with night terrors but so long as you cuddle til calmed down or whatever you do after one then lay him down I would think it would be ok. You can always go back to sitting with him one night if he needs it.