Two- and Three-Year-Olds

Hallo!

I am new to board and have this major problem with my baby boy who is 28 mnths old and such a good baby, except his night sleep.

I don't have any problem putting him to sleep (he sleeps on his own completely), but he wakes up every half an hour or every hour and keeps crying.

So, he recently got the habit of waking up, about every 1/2 an hour during his night sleep. The pattern is like this: I put him into his bed (he has his own room) and then he goes asleep on his own without crying or yelling at about 9 pm.
Yesterday he woke up at 9:45 then,10:30, 12:00, 12:45, 1:45, 4:00, 4:30,  5:00 and finally 9:15 in the morning. All the times he woke up, he called mommy come here, where are you? without any screaminig at first and if I didn't show up after some secs he would begin to cry and scream. I went to his room all the times and he told me that he wanted me to cuddle him, he drank some water which always is in his crib, and then I would leave him awake said "go back to sleep .-yes mommy" and he would sleep again on his own till next hour...
This has been going on for the last week, although we haven't changed anything in his night routine or in his room and of course we all explain to him that mommy and daddy and brother are all sleeping right now and please don't yell in the middle of the night and of course the answer is always "yes mommy I won't call for you again , i will now go back to sleep" till next episode...
My husband and I are so sad b/c he's not our first and we also had night problems with our elder son's night sleep but nothing like that... We don' t know what else to do. I also thought of getting him sleep with me in my bed so I can get some sleep myself too...
Do you have any answers on that? Might there be anything serious going on with my baby?
Please answer. I'm looking forward to your answer and thanks in advance.

welcome to the board!

I wish I had some advice for your sleep issue... have you checked with your family doctor? I don't know if it could be medical or not.. but maybe reflux? Or.. if not medical.. maybe some white noise would be helpful? I know I use an air purifier to help keep me asleep (i have issues waking up periodically through the night was well)

Hopefully others will have some suggestions for you as well!

Wow, that is really rough! I'm so sorry!

Sounds like perhaps he's having nightmares? Or maybe it's his crib? It might be time for him to go with you to pick out a nice, comfortable big-boy bed and he can pick out his own sheets. Maybe he just needs more room.

Does he sleep with a stuffed animal or blankie or anything? Perhaps he needs a "comfort item." You could try to introduce one -- either have him pick out one of his current stuffed toys or dolls and tell him this doll will protect him and keep him company at night, and if he's sad or scared in the middle of the night, he can hug the doll and know that his family loves him and that he's safe?

Just some thoughts. Good luck!