Hi,
I’m new to netmums but in help for my son, who up until a few months ago was an angel. He’s always had a dummy to sleep, but goes down awake as normal now after his milk about 7. If he woke up before in the night, it was only ever because he couldn’t find the dummy, so we would give it back to him and he’d fall asleep quickly, then it drops out. Now, still no problem putting him down and daytime nap is no problem, often has 2 hours. Literally put him down wide awake and leave. But the last month or so he’s been waking at night and just cries for hours. We’ve started giving him milk as it calms him down, but then he just wants to hold hands through the cot bars, as soon as I move he’s screaming again. I mean this is taking us over 3 hours a night to get him back to sleep. Tried nurofen/ calpol as wondered if it’s teething, makes no difference. Eats fine at dinner time, no change in routine. A slight cold/ cough but has been worse before and not effected sleep. Going in and out makes it worse, and he’ll cry solidly for 20+ mins if I leave him (longest I’ve tried). Maybe a phase, but a long one and I’m shattered. Any helpful tips??