17 month old standing in cot at night

[BabyBellasMumma]

My 17mo son has slept through the night since 4 months. He normally sleeps 6.45pm-7am. We put him in his cot awake after his bath, milk and cuddle time and he always just goes straight of to sleep no problem. Up until a couple of weeks ago.

For the last 2 weeks he has been waking up throughout the night, normally between 3-5ish. He stands himself up in his cot and just cries and screams. I have been going in and laying him back down and he will sleep for 15 mins or so then get back up and do the same thing again. Over and over again! Last night I was up 17 times

Anyone else experienced this and have any advice? I'm so tired and need to break this habit he has got himself into!

I am experiencing it with my 1 year old, but no idea what to do about it. I end up in tears many a night. However, mine's been up to this for several months and has always been a bad sleeper. It seems odd that yours would suddenly start doing this when he's always been so good, and presumably has been able to pull up to stand on his own for some time. Is it too late for teeth?

Sorry to hear that you are going through the same thing, lack of sleep is no fun for anyone.
I don't think it's his teeth, he still has a few left to come but his cry is not a pained cry like when his teeth came through before.

Is he capable of sitting himself back down? If so I'd leave him to it. If not you might have to teach him how to do it, but again once he can I'd leave him to sort himself out. It sounds like he's really good at self settling but when he's half asleep he gets up and can't then work out what to do with himself.

He is able to sit himself back down again if he wanted to. I have thought about just leaving him but he just seems to get louder and more upset the longer I leave him. I also worry he will wake up DD1.

I'm dreading having another bad night again tonight. Think I should go to bed now to get a good few hours sleep before he starts

Definitely leave him then, having checked initially of course that there's not something wrong. DS2 has been a reasonable sleeper, but recently has been waking a lot (because he wanted whatever previous car he'd taken to bed and dropped in his sleep). The Wednesday and Thursday nights we got tough on him. Last night he slept through. Hurrah. Let's see how long that lasts! He's 18 months. He made a LOT of noise. Bizarrely DS1 did not wake (but he is the most extraordinary sleeper, better than any child or adult I know). If he had woken I would have taken him into bed with me and DH.

My DS is a good sleeper but does this on occasion too for a stretch of a few days/a week. He is 20 months.

If he doesn't settle on his own in a few minutes, I go in and lie him down, say shhhh etc. No other talk, stay firm and consistent, no lights on. After the second to third time of this, if he doesn't settle, I give him Calpol or Nurofen and a wee bit of milk. Unless he is feeling unwell he always settles back to sleep.

I do tend to be quite liberal with pain relief, but even if it's not the usual teething cry etc I figure his teeth could still be achy/inflamed, he might have a bit of a cold starting and a headache etc.