2yr old suddenly petrified in the night

[Bellared]

Afternoon ladies,

He used to be a great sleeper but the last 2 weeks since he has moved up a group in Nursery it's all changed.

He's started waking in the night screaming, really terrified of something and wont sleep again til I'm lay on the floor next to him. There is a nightlight on and the bedroom door open a bit with the landing light on.

Bedtime is:

19.30 in bed (unless DS is at my mums then its when she thinks he is tired) then sleep between then and 9.30pm with lots of rapid return til he gets the message. Then the waking is from 11pm til about 3.30am and can be one time or three times. I sometimes have to take him out of his room to calm him down before putting him back. Then he's up for the day from 5-7.30am. I'm not too bothered about the 5am wake ups as we go downstairs and he will quite happily play whilst I doze on the sofa.

He also only has a vocabulary of about 10 words which are the words you would expect a 12-18month old to have (mama, dada, bye-bye, ta, seeyah etc) so he is unable to tell me whats wrong and sleeps for about an hour or 2 most afternoons

So any tips and advice for getting back to his normal sleep patter wod be greatly appreciated.

Bump

Hi Bella!

Is he ok with the new group generally? Could be hard to tell, I know, but is it just his sleeping that's changed or are their other behavioural changes too? Have the carers changed - if so, maybe he's working through missing the old ones and familiar faces and dealing with being the newby?

My DS talks in his sleep (a family trait...) and appears to process new/special things he's done that day or recently. Perhaps yours is doing the same?

Or, could it be teething? The back teeth can grumble quite a bit before they actually come through.

Hope it resolves soon, as I know it's no fun for either of you!

DS is going through the same kind off thing, and he will be 2 next week. I have put it down to back molars coming through as he is dribbling and horrendous nappies too.

i however do not resettle him in his cot, DD is 16 weeks and so he comes in with me (& when dh isn't working US) so there ends up being 4 of us in the bed

Yeah, when I pick him up I peep through the door and he is playing away with the others. His behaviour has changed ALOT, He's started hitting, throwing things, spitting, screaming, pushing and just generally being difficult. The carers have changed too but he can see the old ones as the room is sectioned off for some of the groups. He went through the back molar grumble a few weeks ago when he was up every chuffing hour so maybe it could be that too... I read his report today and they said he is making new friends which is really good. There is no room in our bed unfortunately for DS as DH is of rubenesque stature and the dog thinks she is human and sleeps in our bed too .I posted this question under another topic heading too as I wasn't sure where to put it.

Thanks for your replies btw and I hope you get sorted with yours too!