Hi,
I'm not a regular poster but do look to these boards for advice and guidance so wondered if anyone could help......
My son is 23mths and is regularly awake for between 1 and 3 hrs each night. When he first wakes in the night, he'll get out of bed, open his sister's bedroom door and then push our bedroom open a little. He then lies down on the landing outside either our room or his sister's and tries to sleep. This lasts about 10mins before he starts chatting to himself, singing etc.
What's weird is that he doesn't cry (unless ill or lost his dummy), he doesn't ask for Mummy or Daddy and would quite happily stay there if we didn't put him back to bed. He also does not get his toys or books out despite having access to them so his 'playing' in the night is solely imaginary play. He doesn't even play with the numerous teddies in his bed!
What we have tried:
We put him back to bed with minimal fuss/conversation - he'll stay there for a bit then get up again.
We've tried shutting his door - he then bangs on it until we let him out.
We've tried cutting his daytime nap - he throws huge tantrums because he's overtired.
We've been prescribed Phenergan from the doctor for a limited time (we're so sleep deprived after 23mths of having a poor sleeper this was a last resort). The Phenergan works until 5.45am then he's up for the day.
Can anyone shed any light on why he's doing this or what we might do to sort things out?
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Thanks,
Lucy