rainchaser77

Parents or people with childcare experience only, please. For about 3 weeks now my 2 1/2 year old son has been having a lot of trouble getting to sleep at night. We have had the same bedtime routine for over a year now and nothing has changed. Still, all of a sudden, it's taking him 2-4 hours to get to sleep, crying the whole time. Crying it out doesn't work--it never has. He'll cry, quite literally, for HOURS if I let him. I've tried adjusting his nap schedule-shortening, lengthening, even eliminating the nap- no luck. None of my old tricks are working.

Has anyone else had this problem and come up with a solution? He's never had a sleeping problem like this before. I need some suggestions on what to do, please! I've been stern, nice, ignored him completely, and everything in between. Nothing I've thought of has worked.

We just weaned our son off the bottle. We're going to give him a little time, and then start working on the pacifier. Do you have a method that worked for you? We don't want to just take it from him to start, so something gradual would be best. Only parents please.