Hi there, my lovely two year old boy has always been an excellent sleeper, would sleep 7pm til 6.30am from 7 weeks, and continued until very recently (last two/three weeks) he would always go to bed alone and chatter in his cot then go to sleep. He now screams if I leave the room at bedtime (and naptime) and asks me to sit in a chair in his room, if I don't he is hysterical until I return. He is also waking in the night, which he has never done, and again asks me to sit in his room in a chair, it only takes a few minutes then he is fast asleep again, but only if I sit with him. I dont have to get him out of the cot or do anything, just sit there in silence in the dark, the problem is sometimes this is 5-6 times a night, I am exhausted! Also if my OH goes in to him night or day he goes hysterical again, and asks for his mummy and cries until I go in.
Has anyone else experienced this and any advice gratefully received (please!)
Thank you xx
ps: have a 5 year old daughter at school so its tricky to let him cry too much in the night.