At my wits end with my 16 month old. I haven't had more than 2 hours sleep a night for weeks, and work full time, so am on my knees.
My DS wakes up at about 1am and will not go back to sleep until about 5am. He grumbles, cries, wants to play, chats, stands up, etc. You can't leave the room or he becomes hysterical.
He naps for 2 hours a day (one nap), goes down very easily- you tell him sleepytime and he grabs a teddy and goes to sleep. No dummy, music or anything. He has milk before bedtime but doesn't go to sleep with the bottle. We give him a bottle when he wakes up. His good intake isn't great, it never has been. But he'll refuse more than one milk a night most nights. He just seems to want to talk.
His sleep was fine until a few weeks ago. He had been ill (herpetic gingamatosis- so severe cold sore) but has recovered. He was sleeping a lot when he was ill. Ever since then he's been doing this.
Any ideas, tips? Is this just a phase he'll grow out of? We've also wondered if it's teeth and cans ee canines coming through, but calpol makes no difference.
Thanks in advance!