Night waking at 18 months. Any ideas welcome.

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Thanks for the responses.

Salad: I did try water last night but he had been awake for an hour by that stage. I might try giving it to him straight away when he wakes tonight.

Jodi: He sleeps for about 1.5 - 2 hours around lunchtime. He seems to need it. If he sleeps any less, he is almost impossible to deal with by bedtime. He won't go to bed early either. If I try, he'll just take longer to go to sleep. I guess it's his routine. Often he seems to want more. He takes at least 20 mins to wake up properly and will cuddle the whole time and cry if I try to put him down. Sometimes he goes back to sleep.

Sterla & OP: It's good to know I'm not alone. I hope we all get some sleep soon!

det: Do you have any ideas for how to help him learn? This is what I'd like to do but how? I won't let him CIO or do CC but nothing else seems to be working. I've used Pinky McKays book for ideas but it seems to be more focused on getting bubs to sleep rather than keeping him asleep.

Gypsy: I did wonder that. There are a few teeth that seem really close. Since he seems like he's not in pain, I thought maybe it was something else as normally he does show pain. I did buy an amber teething necklace about a month ago so maybe that's helping. I'll keep checking his teeth.

Thanks again.