My 13 month ds slept hideously for first eight months but dropped from waking 5 to 7 times a night to twice once he was in his own room. Then dropped to once a night, then sleeping through for a few days before we visited my mum. I knew he would go back o frequent night wakings for a time as he always does when we visit relatives, perhaps due to sharing a room again. But it has been almost a month now and he is showing no signs of improving. He typically wakes at 12, between three and four and then again at six. Occasionally he drops three or four o'clock sleep but is then awake for the final time before six. The second wake is the worst as it can take up to 90 mins to get him back to sleep. He seems solidly asleep but wakes shortly after I get back to bed, or hears me leaving the room and wakes. This happens over and over. And he hooooowls. He used to be able to put himself back to sleep easily. We would hear him on the monitor grumbling a bit then sleeping. But now he howls and screams. And he used to wake in the morning and happily chat in his cot and wave his teddies about, giving us a time to snooze before going to him. Now he wakes and howls. He used to sleep later if he woke at night. Now he sleeps badly at night and still gets up early. I am regularly waking up at four or five am and not getting back to sleep. And I have not had unbroken sleep until then.
I am sooooo tired. Why is he doing this and how can I get things back to how they used to be? Any help appreciated!