Okay so DS is now 7.5months old and he is a mummy's boy, when he is grumpy and tired he wants his mum and no one else. Previously as long as some one was cuddling him before bed he would go in to his cot and self settle quite qell, occasionally i still had to rock him or pat him off to sleep but mostly he would happily self settle. BUT now he only want me and SCREAMS if its not me, he slept over at my mums on Sat nite and after trying everything they had to let him cry to sleep because he didn't want to be held, (not something i would have done but i wasn't there and it was their last resort) On Sunday night he was quite unsettled i had been up 3 or 4 times and when he woke at 4.30am i asked DH to get up, he tried to settle him with no luck and then came in to bed and said thats it! he can cry for a bit its just temper. not wanting to undermine DH i went along but told him the had to get up every 10mins and resettle him so he knew he wasn't alone etc. after 30min DH gave up and brought him into our bed but it took me until about 6am to get him settled enough to go to sleep i had BF him to settle and he hasnt has a night feed for some weeks now.
LAst night DH said to try letting him cry when we put him to bed as he started crying again but i cant bear listening to him cry i get so upset! I am returning to wok parttime at the end of January and really want his sleep routine to settle before then, please give me some suggestions, other than walking the house or rockiing him in my arms until he is asleep.