22 month old wont sleep through the night!?

Can anyone help? My son wakes up every night for about 30 min or so. My husband or I have to sit with him till he falls back alsleep. We are pooped. Can anyone help? PLEASE!

Answers:
Don't sit with him. Don't respond when he starts crying. I had to sleep train my daughter to go to sleep and then train again to STAY asleep!

Let him cry for 5 min, check on him and say lay down time for bed, then let him cry for 10, check on him and say lay down time for bed, and then 15 and so on and so on! And the nest night start a 10 min and the next night start at 15 min and so on and so on until he doesn't call for you! My daughter had it down pact in no time! She is 17 months old and sleeps through the night (has been since she was 10 month old).

By sitting with him for 30 minutes you are doing what HE wants. You are the parent, it is TIME FOR BED you STAY IN BED! Worked for several kids in my family (my mom, one of my uncles, me, my sister, and my daughter), it will work for you if you stick to it!

He will eventually learn to go back to sleep on his own because he will find it useless to call mommy and daddy. He will think, why waste my breath, they are not going to come. At least that is what I think they think!

Other Answers:
try keeping him up just a little later or cutting his afternoon nap a little shorter.
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each child is different, my girl was like that, my boy slept all nite. good luck

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Let him cry himself back to sleep, there is no reason for a 22 month old to still be waking up, and if so, a response will only trigger its reoccurance. have you tried no food after 6.30 and only give positive reinforcement in the evening hours. Also limit koolaid in the evening hrs. It contains a small amount of caffine.

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this sounds stupid but it really works!!-for infants at least but i don't see why it wouldn't work on a almost 2 yr old. have your husband hold him up and help him turn him in a clockwise 360 like a clock.
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worked on niece nephew and 2 family friends

i think it is normal for a 22 month old to cry so just let him cry so that you can sleep and that you can have boyfriend or husband wake up with him and you can tell your sons doctor that he dose not sleep . trust me that is how i was !!!

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let him cry it out for a few nights if he knows you will come he will make sure you do What is the obsession people have with sleeping through the night? My 2 yr old sometimes wakes, or needs me during the night. We co-sleep so it is easy to tend to his needs and we get a lot more sleep than we would otherwise.

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My friend had this problem, and she recommends the book by Child magazine, called SLEEP. Maybe your library will have it?

Good Luck!

edit:

Hi, again! Here's the link to this book on amazon.com :).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671880381/104-0779014-4411903?v=glance&n=283155

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