My 17 month old was once a brilliant sleeper. From about 10 weeks he would sleep 9-7 And from 7 months 7-7 in his own cot.
He goes to sleep like a dream, put him down awake in his cot and he will say bye bye and roll over and that's it.
He will usually then sleep, sometimes he'll wake up for his dummy but as soon as he's got it back he's back asleep.
Just recently he's been waking up and turning into a screaming banshee and it's always fucking 4:30am. I usually just do the go in, give him back dummy/comforter and leave thing repeatedly until he sleeps.
This has now stopped working. Dp will go in, pick him up and then put him down say 5 mins later when he's calmed down from his screaming fit. This no longer works either.
I would totally understand if he wanted to get up because he was wide awake but he's not. He's exhausted. His eyes aren't even properly open half the time. He's not wet, not hungry and not in pain (he stops crying as soon as you pick him up).
It seems to be more and more frequent and I can only assume it's separation anxiety? Is this just something I have to accept and come to terms with the fact I may never sleep past 4:30 again?
We're both at the end of our tether and both work full time so no chance really to catch up on sleep except we both have one lie in each at the weekend.
I've got up with him today after 1 and a half hours of us both trying to settle him. I've got to the point where I just do not know what else to try!!
Can anyone help or at least relate?