Our DS is 2yrs and 8months old.
Have had sleep issues in the past , but the last 2-3 months has been better (until now
), as we've cut his nap down to 15-20 Min's, or nothing, depending on the days activities.
Goes to sleep relatively well, sometimes plays up for 10-15 Min's, but does always fall asleep on his own, in his own bed. I normally need to go into him in the night 1-2 times a night to cover him up again, or help him to find a dummy (have been considering getting rid of the dummy, but don't know if I'm going to make things worse).
The last 2-3 weeks he has woke up nearly every night (different times) for 2-3 hours, sometimes crying and restless, sometimes happy to just lay there for a while then calls me or gets out of bed, then gets upset when I try to get him to go back to sleep. Have made sure there's nothing wrong, no illness, get him to do a wee, etc. But he really wont give in easily, and completely refuses his own bed unless either my husband or I stay with him, which I'm not keen on, as I've done something like this before, where I've had to hold him in a rocking chair before bed, then he'd fall asleep I'm my arms, which was OK when he was smaller, but really don't want to get into being the aid for sleep again (I got rid of the rocking chair to stop this habit), or the only other way to get him to firstly calm down, then fall asleep, is to put him in with us, which, again, I'm really not happy about, as we've only ever done this 3-4 times before,& that's if he's been really poorly.
This is his normal routine;
7.00-7.30 Awake & Breakfast
9.30-10.00 Snack
12.00-12.15 Lunch
1.30-2.00 Either nap or quiet time
3.00 Snack
5.30-6.00 Dinner (we've found that doing a late dinner helps to get him to sleep better)
6.30 Bath, book & cup of milk, and Bed
usually asleep by 7.00-7.20
then wakes up anything from 12.00--- 4.30
Any advise welcome
