Sarah, my MIL suggest to me (after having a rough trot with both girls a few months back) to try worming them... it can keep kids awake at night... awful thought I know, but worth a try.
Does he have a sleep during the day? I know Violet sleeps a bit better if she does but sometimes she refuses!
Ummm... what else can I think of? Do you get up to him straight away? If you do maybe give him a few minutes to see if he will self settle. I know sometimes Violet will start screaming (I think she is still asleep half the time) and I wait a minute and half the time she will go back to sleep (I learnt this the hard way, getting up to her and when I reach her room she is sound asleep!), the other half I need to attend to her.
Maybe reward him in the morning with an outing to the lolly shop if he doesn't disturb you too much during the night?
I hope you can come up with a solution...
Tanya
ETA: Sarah, you could try calling a sleep school and ask them for some advise that doesn't use controlled crying. Also I saw an article on a sleep school and it seems they may also be moving away from controlled crying.
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