So... he was a diabolical sleeper until 11 months when we did some CC, and after that, until about 19 months, he slept through till around 5-5.30am most nights, and then would come into bed for a bit more sleep till about 6.30am. Brilliant!
BUT since about September, he's been waking earlier and earlier. For a couple of months it was any time after about 11.30pm (or not till 2-3am on a (rare) good night), but for the past 3 weeks or so any time after about 10pm seems to be fair game. I have no idea why, and no idea how to fix it!
He goes to sleep on his own, in his own bed, completely happily, and has done for nearly a year - so it's not as though we cuddle/feed him to sleep and he wakes up wondering where we've gone. But when he wakes in the night the only thing that will stop him being upset is a cuddle and then to sleep with me or DH. He will NOT go back to sleep in his cot. We've tried staying with him in his room - no dice. He wants to actually be picked up. I wouldn't mind sleeping with him so much but he then often wakes multiple times after that, so my nights are totally broken.
I don't feed him in the night and he doesn't ask for it, so that's not an issue. We've tried a few nights of CC but that was an unmitigated disaster, he just cried intermittently for ages and I couldn't do that to him again.
Help! Please!