Getting him to sleep is a nightmare. He'll be 2 in a few weeks and I have to sit next to his cot to get him to sleep at night. Sometimes I'm up here for hours and im so sick of it. We tried leaving him to cry, but after an hour I couldn't bear it anymore.
Every night He fights sleep, he's obviously tired, but he won't stay lying down in his cot. Gets up, stands at the bars and whinges at me. When he stops whining I lie him back down, say 'bedtime' give his tummy a quick rub and then sit back down next to the cot. And repeat until he finally stops getting back up. Once he decides to go to sleep he drops off quite quickly with no help from me.
I'm at the end of my tether - I need my evenings back otherwise I'm going to go mad.
He's just started waking up in the night and refusing to sleep unless he comes in with us. I don't mind, but we also have a 6month old and there's not enough room. It's always me that ends up sleeping at a strange angle and it's giving me back problems. I don't know how to make this better