Since having dd 6 weeks ago ds (2.3) has started waking at all times in the night wanting to be cuddled back to sleep. He is in a bed so can get up whenever he wants and come into our room demanding cuddles. The thing is, me and dh cuddle him but then once he is asleep and we go to leave his room he wakes up crying for more cuddles.
We have tried bringing him into bed with us but he just kicks and squirms about and we don't get any sleep. I mentioned it to my health visitor and she suggested putting a stairgate on ds door so that he can't get into our room and to just keep putting him back to bed. I have done this for the past 2 nights and it has been horrible. He has woken at 3am both nights and cried and called out to us. I keep putting him back in bed but he gets right back up again, even before I've had time to shut the gate! Both nights he has not gone back to sleep at all and we are both shattered (dd incidently sleeps like a dream!)
So, what do I do? Keep doing what I'm doing or go back to cuddling which means I at least get some sleep when he eventually drops off? I just feel like I need to nip this in the bud but don't know how. Help!