Im getting to my wit's end with DS's sleep! He's never been a good sleeper, but a few weeks ago he started trying to climb out of the cot and hurt himself falling back into the cot (landed on his face but no major damage done thankfully). We decided this meant it was time to take the sides off his cot as it seemed the safer option.
We expected a few difficult nights, especially as we had to move his bed around to a different part of the room so there wasn't anything for him to hit his head on if he fell out of bed.
We tried a bed guard but he struggled to climb back into bed if he got up, so we have taken that away and just put a quilt on the floor. After a few bad nights he is sleeping ok in the bed and seems to have got used to the new layout.
Problem is, he is waking about an hour after bedtime, and is up for about 3 hours! He goes to bed around 7pm, we haven't changed anything to do with his daytime nap (he just has one 2-hour nap, and has done since around his birthday). How do I stop him waking up? He is wide awake for these 3 hours, it's literally like he's had a nap and is refreshed. If we leave him in his room he plays for a bit then gets upset at being left, he happily cuddles up to us in the lounge but won't settle bac to sleep until around 11pm!
Am now thinking we will just have to put the sides back on the cot, but not sure if this will solve our problem or if he's now got himself into a routine of it! How do we stop this, it's driving me and DH mad!
Sorry this is so long!