Ever since ds had a cold 10 days ago he has been waking each night for up to 2 hours. Some of it may be overtiredness now, but some of it is possibly due to teething. All 4 canines are just under the surface, and he keeps jamming his fingers into his mouth - so I think this may be the issue.
I give him pain meds before bed, but these seem to wear off by about 3am. Once he is awake, it is a battle now to get him to go back down, he stands at the end of the cot if I leave the room and cries, and when I am in the room he jumps up and down for up to an hour before he exhausts himself then takes up to a further hour to resettle - then he will be up for the day just after 6am!
I don't take him out of his cot, and I don't leave him to cry. Once I am in the room he doesn't really cry much just jumps up.
How does anyone else deal with this, do you just stay until they re-settle? Or leave the room periodically?
He does settle to sleep at bedtime ok (we have the occasional blip) and generally sleeps through the night - but this has been going on now for a week and all cold symptoms have disappeared. How long do night wakings seem to go on with teeth?
Anyone else's experiences would be reassuring........
Justine