Lauren- We co-sleep for about half the night (until I can't be bothered getting up out of bed anymore to settle him). It doesn't matter if he is in his bed or ours, he still wakes up. Sometimes to scream, sometimes to play, sometimes to feed. Most nights he spends at least on ehour screaming and one hour playing. I can never figure out what is wrong with him. We've tried everything- nightlight, radio, toy in the cot, shirt I've been wearing in the cot, sleeping him in our bed all night (it's getting dangerous to do that but because he tries to crawl over the top of us and off the bed), leaving him in his own, feeding him, ignored him, 'comfort settling', rocking to sleep, singing to sleep, reading to sleep, stroking his face. Nothing works. He is up every two or three hours every night
Something has to be done- I am tired all day, he is tired all day, I have no energy, he is a cranky pants and it'd affecting dh's and my relationship. Something has to happen here, but I don't know what. Cruel as it sounds, we have left him to cry it out a few times with the same result- he screams hysterically for hours on end (like, two hours straight- no exageration).
Just don't know what to do

ETA- Alicia that is funny- don't they always prefer the box the toy came in??