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[quote=Anonymous]DS is almost 3.5 and has been, for the past several months, waking up overnight almost every night. He usually goes to our room (where the baby is also sleeping) and wakes me up. I quickly take him back to his room, and sometimes he cries inconsolably as if having nightmares, other times he asks to go pee or drink water. Then it seems very hard for him to get back to sleep. I try just tucking him in and leaving which works some days. Other times he starts crying and asking me to lie down next to him. Sometimes it takes forever until I can go back to bed. This is becoming unmanageable, because baby is still waking up once/night and I'm a mess next day at work. DH also travels a lot so I'm alone with them a few nights per week. As a result, DS seems overtired and grumpy in the AMs, and I'm exhausted.

He doesn't nap (has stopped altogether a year ago) and we put him to bed at 8 pm, after a bedtime routine that ends with kisses, good night and leaving his room. He just doesn't fall asleep earlier than 8, and would just wake up for good at 5 am if we insist on earlier bedtime. 
We tried stickers in the morning, reward with videos he likes, going over the rules about night waking, limiting water at night, but it works for 2 days or so and then he goes back to the waking routines.  I don't know what to do - ignoring him or CIO would probably not work at this age - this kid can scream and wake up the entire neighborhood and just not go to sleep. Anyone had this problem and succeeded in fixing this? Thanks![/quote]

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