Hi everyone
Sorry I know there are probably loads of posts like this but I just wanted to post from my specific situation..
My nearly 3 year old has had quite good sleep for around 13 months now (since moving into a new house), going up to bed with not much of a problem, settling himself, not waking in the night or waking and settling quickly either by himself or with a quick cuddle. Only shouting us to get up when his gro clock is yellow! Apart from a horrendous week in January when he screamed for a week (sleep regression?) that’s how it’s been for 13 months. (Before this it was also horrendous but thats another story!)
But for the last few weeks or more he has started waking loads in the night, sometimes with what appears like night terrors, screaming and crying, standing up and it’s like he doesn’t know we are even there when we are trying to settle him, and just generally crying and needing settling. To add to the problem, during one of his day time naps around 10 days ago which he had started resisting, he realised he could climb out of the cot bed so we have had to take the side off. Now not only does he wake in the night with night terrors or just generally crying/wanting us, we also have the added stress of getting him to stay in bed at All in the first place! I had planned on taking him back to bed every so often but letting him kind of cry it out knowing he was safe, but he quickly realised he can climb over the stair gate on his room so now is not safe or effective to leave him!
We have tried lots of things but just wanted to see if anyone else has this problem, what you did, any special tips or is it just a phase. He also has started wanting to stay in with us and of course on the worst nights we have let him which was the wrong move!
Thanks for reading!