My son is 2yrs old and one month, and he is having trouble sleeping through the night. I have read countless books (easy 2 do as he wont sleep!) and tried a variety of methods. We stick to the same routine every night. Last thing before bed, we have wind down time and he has a bottle of warm milk. Shortly after we put him to sleep in his cot. So initially there is no problem, he doesnt protest and actually goes down quite calmly. Roughly 2 hours or more after he has gone down, he will wake up and start crying, and wont stop until someone retrieves him. We check on him and there is nothing wrong. So we decided we would try a different method, let him cry it out. So that sounds pretty logical, you would think that he would cry for less time, or realise nobody is coming and give it up. Not my son, he will keep continuously crying, eventually he falls asleep, but then a few hours later, he starts again. Sometimes we give in, and bring him to our bed, once he is in the comfort of our bed, he falls asleep immediately and sleeps through. How do we get him to sleep through on his own?? Sleep deprivation is killing us.

During the day he gets plenty of activity, and has even stopped having his afternoon nap. We have also tried several different routines. What we find is that the majority of textbooks etc, all focus on the putting down, thats the only bit we have got sussed, its the sleeping through that is causing us problems.

Any help and advice would be appreciated.

Many thanks

Raj