DS is 2 years 3 months and has never been a great sleeper. We've had various issues. Over the last few months he's done a bit better but we still have very early wakes regularly. Sometimes he will wake at half 3 and refuse to go back to sleep. Other times he will sleep until 6. Some nights he will wake early hours and fall back asleep if I go in and lie on the floor next to his cot or if I take him into the spare room with me.
More recently he's been reluctant to sleep in his cot at bedtime so I've had to move him in after falling asleep.
We decided the time had come to try switching to a bed as he was expressing a dislike for his cot and as his sleep was rubbish anyway. Made the switch tonight. Biggest mistake ever.
Bedtime was a nightmare. Switching between continuously getting out of bed to mess about and moaning about being in bed. Eventually I convinced him to stay in bed for a story and he fell asleep with me there. However an hour later and he woke again screaming and refused to settle. I couldn't calm him down so had to bring him downstairs.
I need advice on how to help him switch to the new bed and stay in there! Is it a case of leaving him to it?