I can't take it anymore!!!

DS seems to have developed a thing for screaming us awake to come and get him :wall:

it is driving me insane having to wake up to screaming EVERY morning and also this is how he wakes during the day too.

there is no warning in the mornings (u know like a little grizzle first), it is just a blood curdling scream that he lets out (it scares the cr*p out of me every morning) and he keeps screaming until we go and get him.
WHY IS HE DOING THIS??? If i understood why he does it, it would make it much easier but i don't understand at all. He is fine as soon as we pick him up, he doesn't seem scared or like he had a bad dream or anything.

How can I teach him that he doesn't have to scream to get us up? We have NEVER used control crying or anything so he knows we will always be there when he needs us, so it doesn't make sense why all of a sudden over the last few weeks he has started this screaming.

And i should add he is waking up at 5am, which he never used to do, he used to get up at around 7am, but since daylight savings has started its been 5am wake up (and its not too light because he has block out blinds in his room). He isn't too hot or too cold, there is no noises to wake him up, we have tried different bed times too and also he only has one sleep a day after lunch. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT ITS DRIVING ME NUTS

please help... any suggestions would be appreciated

Is he still in a cot? Maybe this is his way of letting you know he's feeling restricted and is ready for a bed - then he can come to you when he wakes. My DS used to wake screaming until we got rid of the cot.

could be waking up from dreams.. i know dd does this sometimes and its al i can put it down to. or hunger pains maybe, but he seems a bit old for those every day.

thanks for your replies.

Suse thats a good point, I didn't even consider that he may want out of his cot. The only thing is we have stairs and there is nothing we can put there that will stop him from going down there (it is a weird design). We will hopefully be moving soon so perhaps that is something to consider.

His cot actually turns into a todller bed, do you think this would be suitable? hhmmmm maybe i could put a gate at his door. but would that defeat the purpose of him not feeling restricted??

converting teh cot to the toddler bed is a great idea..

and no i dont think the gate would, as he would be able to get up and wander around his room adn play with things, my dd usually wakes up and then just gets a book and plays lol..

he will have freedom to a point and that may be enough for him.