I'm dying. DS is 15 months old and has slept through from about 8 months without any real encouragement from us. Every night we do bed time routine of bath, milk, cuddles and bed. Recently he's needed more and more cuddling to get to sleep, but still been sleeping through. For the past two weeks he's started throwing hysterical screaming fits at some point during the bedtime routine, not always at the same time, he just seems to suddenly snap and just meltdown. We've brought bedtime forward by half an hour as he did seem to be getting really really tired and having tantrums/screaming fits more in the evening. This hasn't really helped. He now throws a screaming fit, snot running down his face, thrashing around while you're trying to get his PJs on or give him his bottle. He will eventually calm down if we cuddle him and stroke his face, but you then have to hold him until he's totally asleep otherwise as soon as his head hits the mattress he is hysterical again. He's also, for the past two weeks or so, been waking up in the night completely hysterical and screams like he's being murdered if you try and put him back down. So he's been in bed with us, which is hellish because he fidgets and wriggles and headbutts and we're not getting any sleep.
I am at the end of my tether; he went down tonight after a massive screaming fit, and woke up 40 minutes later. He is completely hysterical and DH is upstairs holding him as he screams.
I have no idea what is going on! He used to be such a good sleeper! I'm so frustrated, DH keeps asking me what's wrong with him and I don't have a fucking clue! Help!