I am putting this in here and in 'Sleeping' section as well, so apologise if you read it twice!!
Does anyone think there is a link between the amount of food a toddler eats and his inability to sleep all night??
DS who is 2 (just) has never beena goos sleeper and has very rarely slept all noght on his own in his own bed. He seems to like the comfort of being near me!
He is not a great eater - he prefers to graze all day and does not eat great quantities of food. He will eat cheese, yoghurt, the odd bit of Weetabix and would happily eat chips and sweets and crisps if I let him! I serve up a small portion of tea, literally two tablespoons - the same meal as we have, as well as fruit and yoghurt. I do this so he eats something, as I end up getting up and down all meal time to try to tempt him to eat, so I give him everything I want him to have all in one go. he will pick at them all, sometimes only eat the yoghurt and sometimes just the fruit. He does not get any more.
He has a full 8oz size beaker of milk before bed, which he drinks over a 15 minute period. He then goes to bed at 7 and sleeps until 12.30am or somewhere half an hour either side. He then wakes up and shouts for me. I go in and try to settle him, not very well, and he may do another half hour to an hour. He then ends up in with us and sleeps / wriggles for the rest of the night. At this point he asks for milk, so I get him some (watered down) milk, as you can usually hear his tummy rumbling. Now I know he is too old for this, but I have tried saying no, and it ends upa screaming match for hours, whereas if he has the milk it takes 1 minute and then we go to sleep.
DH is unhappy about this as he gets no sleep and has to go to work - well so do I for 4 days, and then look after 2 kids for the rest of the time, and run a house, etc.
He thinks I should be sorting it as he has had enough - I dont think it is as simple as letting him cry it out, and then we will all sleep happily ever after, and I also dont see that it should be only me that does it!
I cannot see a way forward with this, and I chose the easy option, for me.
Has anyone solved this problem??