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 can anyone please help. my 20 month old wont sleep in his cot anymore. only been since last friday we put him to bed and he just screams. i thought it might have been something in his room so moved him to his brothers room last night. he still screamed. he cried that much he made himself sick. me and hubby going by on just 2/3 hours sleep a night. really dont know whats happened for him not to sleep use to be really good and go straight off.

hi. my daughter's just done this. she was 23mths. maybe it's a stage! that's what they say about everything! it settled back to normal after about 4weeks. nothing wrong with her. she was clinging on at bed time and didn't want to be put down. she just screamed when i put her in her cot! and kept screaming! didn't get so bad she was sick but everyone's different. i went in to check on her after 5 mins and left her again. kind of went back to controlled crying. after a few nights she didn't want a bed time cuddle, just screamed and tried to wriggle away so i just put her in her cot and left! didn't know what else to do with her really. didn't want a cuddle, didn't want me to leave so i left! started as i meant to go on!! then she went to still not wanting a cuddle but going in bed happy then crying for a few mins when i shut the door, now this week she's back to her night time cuddle. who knows??

i did give her calpol a few times. she screamed that much she was saying ow and holding her ears but i do think it was from crying and bunging all her tubes up and not illness as she started doing this after about 20mins of crying.

maybe he's started to be scared for some reason, shadows? mine noticed them about 20mths, didn't take much notice of them before. we kept waving at them and played hidi boo, then she lost interest after a while.

she also wouldn't go to bed until my other daughter went, they share. she was having a right old tantrum if we took her up without her sis! now they go at the same time and do bedtime routine together. they have a cuddle and a story in big sis's bed before she gets in her cot but we did have screams when it was time for her to get in her cot.

so maybe he needs a change of routine now his age is different? the problem is finding out what he wants!! try a few changes like we did and see if you can find something that makes him happy. but like i say, it's took us a while.

hey, my wee one went through a phase like that. he would fall asleep in my arms but as soon as i went to put him down he would scream the place down. no matter how long i waited to put him in his cot he would wake up instantly. its a thing called night terrors. most wee ones go through it. they will stop it as quick as they started it the only unfortunate thing is cant say how long it will last. i was lucky and my boy only done for about a month but could be anything from a couple days to a few months!!!!!!! hope this helps and fingers crossed for you it doesn't last long  x

 hiya thank you both for answering.  well we put him to bed last night and he still screamed after a while couldnt take it anymore so had to go up to him. i gave him a teething powder  then walked away he still cried for a bit after that. then just before 8pm he fell asleep and didnt wake till 7.15am this morning. hopefully he sleeps like that tonight. thanks again both for your comments. 

hi ya i have the same problem with my 15 month she will go to sleep in my arms but as soon as  iput her to bed she wakes up screaming. iv tried the control crying but she just gets worse she dont give up, and she has started to jump out of her cot. she dont sleep in the day either so she is really tired.  she wont go to sleep untill 2am and then she wakes back up at 6. i dont know wht else to try x