Hi all,

I need some advice. My DS has always been very up and down when it comes to sleep - both day and night. He always just wants to play, and doesn't want sleep to get in the way. Once he is asleep it's fine, it's just actually getting him to go to sleep. He had got into a routine where he'd play for a while in his cot and then put himself to sleep, which was great. Sometimes it'd take up to an hour, and sometimes I'd have to give him a pat, but he was going to sleep in the cot.

Recently he's been sick and all of this has changed. He shows all of his tired signs so we put him in bed and now all he does is cry, as soon as we leave the room. He will stand up and hold onto the edge of the cot and just cry. Me coming back into the room doesn't help, he needs a cuddle. We have tried cuddles before putting him into bed, reading books, etc, nothing is working. We have had to rock him to sleep for every sleep and it's starting to get exhausting.

Any advice on what you would do in this situation would be greatly appreciated!! I don't know what to do anymore.

Hope to hear from people soon.

Thanks!