15 month old baby wakes up hysterical

[LeBeach1983]

Hello everyone...our 15 month old was sleeping Ok(ish) until about a month ago. Since then he wakes up three or four times each night and is inconsolable until one of us picks him up. At that point he will stop crying and fall asleep on my shoulder and I can put him back down again (though if it's his mum he will usually not be satisfied until he has fed). The point is he seems to have totally lost the ability to self settle. Before he was waking much less and when he did wake we could go in and soothe him just by lying next to the cot or singing - now that is not enough and he will cry uncontrollably until he is picked up. Anyone else been through this? Any tips?! We did move house about 6 weeks ago and he recently started at the child minder's - so am wondering if that has something to do with it and it's just a phase. But if anyone has any other ideas or advice I would really appreciate it!! Thanks!

Posting because we're going through a similar thing! 15mo was sleeping through the night most nights, but for the past fortnight he's either waking up multiple times or having split nights. Also crying inconsolably. I'm on my knees! Here's also recently started nursery. I'm praying it's a phase and will settle down soon.

So, following for advice too!

There is a sleep regression that raises it's ugly head between 15 and 18 months.

Have you checked for pin/thread worms since he just started at child minders?

Agree with sleep regression theory from PP. It will pass, he's likely having another developmental leap. Has he learnt to do something new recently?

Is he warm enough? Sounds obvious, but it’s turned chilly at night in the last few weeks. When DD wakes throughout the night seemingly without cause, I now check her hands and add a jumper if they’re not warm (for anyone with a newborn reading this: obviously this doesn’t apply as much, and it’s better to err on the side of too cold than too hot for tinies)

Thanks everyone! All useful advice. Yes we thought about the temp and are now wrapping him up more at night - but doesn't seem to have made a difference! And I guess sleep regression could be a possibility...been going on for a month now though and seems no end to it. We're big believers in responding to his crying rather than letting him cry it out - but at the moment we feel like we need to try something else as it's not "working"!! Also worth saying his daytime nap in general is fine and he nods off very easily. It's just the night time waking that's an issue.

Just thought of something else - DD started waking in the summer at about that age, but it stopped when we had a fan on all night to keep her room cool. The noise seemed to help. Switched to playing white noise all night now.

Does he use a comforter of any kind? At that age, SIDS is less of a concern so we make sure DD has at least 3 comforters (muslin, teddy) dotted around in the cot for her to find in the night. Possibly excessive but it helps…

Good luck! Hope you find something that helps