My DS use to be a dream sleeper , you’d put him in his cot , say night, close the door and that was it.
however mid September he started getting very upset at bedtime and climbing out the cot. So we got a toddler bed, didn’t make a difference.
He was taking hours to get to sleep with me, normally, having to sit by his bed and then creep out his room.
that has got better now and he is happy with me sitting outside his room in eye sight to fall asleep and he is going off in 15 odd mins.
however he now will wake anytime beteeen 9pm and midnight and run into our room and won’t settle back in his bed.
there’s only so many times I can do this, so in desperation I have just had him sleep next to me for the past few weeks and he’s slept extremely well (I have not as he is fidgety ) he will not tolerate my husband sharing with him, it has to be me.
So what can I do to break this cycle of him waking up and sleeping in my bed?
We have tried reassurance checks ins, leaving to cry for a few mins and go in, red/green nightlight to stay in bed/get out. He has white noise on. He has a nightlight on. Door left open, even left a pillow with my dressing gown on top to look like me sleeping.
i do love him coming to the bed but I also am knackered and my back is awful from sleeping on the edge.
thanks