Sleeping Problem!

My 15 month old is doing the same thing. He has molars coming in right now. I would try to get out of the habbit of bringing him into your bed. If he wants to be snuggled with maybe you could bring him to your living room until he falls back asleep and try to put him back into his bed. Oh is he sleeping in a bed or crib? If he's in a crib maybe he's protesting because its time for a bed. This is also the age where kids start to protest everything as a way of showing their indpendence. A few days ago someone posted the same type of question about their two year old maybe some of those responses could help you. Good luck.

Is he getting his 2 year molars? Molars are pretty painful teeth to cut and even if he's had no problems with other teeth those might be giving him more pain. Have you checked for ear infection? That will also cause a child to wake up screaming from the pressure that accumulates when they are laying down and cause them to not want to lay down in the first place. Teething will do the same.

Hi there,
I would see about having is ears cheched. He could be starting an ear infection.

On the screeming thing we called our daughters dr. about her screaming every night around 12:30 - 1:00 am. the told me to wake her up at 11:30 and let her now it is still bed time hold her for a few min. Then place her back in bed. it will take a few days bit she did stop crying at night. Hope it works for u good luck.

Dear J.,

All I can add to the other two responses is that if you notice that tylenol or motrin helps, then you know it's pain. If you feed him and he calms down, you know it's hunger - maybe a growth spurt?
If nothing changes once you know he is healthy and fed then it could be a behavioral issue... Two things that worked for me when my son started doing that at about 19 months: 1) tell him "mom is going to bed too, see the bed? yes I am going to sleep too." He would look at me and the bed and then I would say "you, bed (point at his crib), mommy, bed (point at my bed)." This seemed to calm him down. 2) Dr. Ferber's method worked for us. It's harder with two because the other child wakes up too. If you are going to look at his technique make sure you get the revised edition which is more detailed and can be gradual.
If nothing else works, call the Jewish Families and Children Services (open to all faiths) and ask to speak to one of their sleep consultants.
http://www.jfcsboston.org/fcs/early_relationship.cfm

I hope this helps,
A.