Thanks for the responses everyone. I am feeling much better now I have had some more sleep.
He's problems definitely seem behavioural, we have had him checked out medically JIC, but other then when he has had ear infections there is nothing else that might be causing this. We do goo through periods where he is better and then gets bad again. I think DH and myself have gotten into some very bad habits out of sheer exhaustion which isn't helping - but we are going to try to be more consistent.
Jackrose - I will definitely be looking into the food side of things, I didn't even realise that food could influence sleeping patterns.
Who would have thought that the two year old would sleep worse then the baby?
I agree with all the other posts. See a GP or Pead. One that takes it seriously... If all okay i would suggest the triple P program. It is run by CHN and is about positive parenting for disruptive etc. child over 2 years. Have known many ppl who recommend it.
Something else to look into is his ears. The food intolerance is an excellent suggestion. Perhaps even try a Naturopath???
Alot of GP's can't see glue ear and this generally occurs after recurrent ear infections. My DS2 was a wonderful sleeper until he kept getting back to back ear infections. He used to bang his head against the wall as his ears really really hurt. His ears were alsways worst in the middle of the night. After having had enough of getting scripts filled I demanded a referral to an ENT and then rang the ENT every day until he could see him straight away.
He took one look and diagnosed glue ear in both ears and two days later we were in hospital to have grommets put in.
We had peace in the house again!
Good luck Misty...you sounds at your wits end
You judgement is right, something is not right at the moment with your little man.
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the first think I thought of too was food - Whether it be intolerances, or sensitivities to additives etc.
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