15 month old screaming at night

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Wondering if someone can shed some light on this!

My lovely little 15 month old DS, up until now, has always been a good sleeper. For the last couple of months he has started screaming at night at random times. 5 nights out of 7 in a week he is easily settled once he is in our bed (this is after leaving him to cry for a bit, going in for a cuddle and putting back in the cot etc) but some nights he won't settle without a bottle of formula. He eats fairly well during the day, he also eats a big bowl of weetabix before bed and we have tried offering him water instead of his bottle but he just gets even more furious 😵‍💫

Has anyone gone through something similar? Please tell me this is a phase as it's really affecting myself and my husband. FYI he has all his teeth apart from the last lot of molars so doubt it's teething.

Thanks all

There sounds like a lot if inconsistencies there. In the cot, in your bed. Sometimes left to cry, cuddling to sleep other times.

I think the bottle is a red herring. It's not needed. This is just your baby not really knowing what to expect and so reacting to the inconsistency of it all.

I'd suggest that you make a decision on how/where baby is going to sleep. Start with - are you cosleeping or is baby sleeping independently in the cot?

If you want baby in the cot, develop a way to get him from awake to asleep in the cot. Have a plan of action to get him back to sleep in the cot in wake ups. Don't give a bottle, don't bring to your room.

@FATEdestiny totally agree with the inconsistencies. When it's 2am and DS is screaming like he is being tortured we just do what we can to get some sleep. But I suppose it's short term gain for long term pain.

Ear infection?

I'm having the same problem with my 15 month old for the last 2 weeks. We have been bringing him into our bed but want to stop that. I spent 3 hours last night trying to settle him in his room and in the end gave up and brought him in.
I have no advice but I know how you feel!

@Doo5 oh it's brutal!! And the last 2 nights he has now started to scream blue murder when we put him down at the start of the night. He used to go down no problem! I think we are going to persevere and do some gentle sleep training as it can't go on like this!

Sending you 💐and hope we get through this soon!!! x