he is normally good as gold, we have had the same routine every night forever - bath, milk, story, lights out - and by the end of it he is practically hurling himself at the cot. he rarely wakes but lately has had a cough and it's been waking him up at night - if he does wake and cry, i usually go in, give him a quick cuddle for a minute and then he goes straight back in the cot and zonks out.
until last night. he woke up howling and when i went in then refused to go back in the cot. he was clearly exhausted and fell asleep on my shoulder every time i picked him up then howled when put back - he seemed really distressed. i had been away for work and he hadnt seen me for over 24 hours so i assumed it was to do with that - not a good idea i know but, jetlagged and out of it as i was, i took him into bed with me (I have never done this before) and he promptly passed out.
tonight he was perfectly happy until put in the cot when he howled. dh was putting him down and he just kept shouting daddy daddy and clinging to dh
is this to do with me being away? or some kind of night terror thing? or is he just playing up? he talks quite well and has words for a lot of the things i can think of that might have upset him (eg the dark, he can say if something hurts, etc) now but he wont say what the matter is, just cries....