Please help
My 12 month old was sleep trained at 5 months. He did well with it. We used to put him down and walk out and he would go to sleep. As a result of LOTS of traveling and illnesses we have been rocking to sleep. I know, I know. Not great. But he would fall asleep quickly, transfer easily and stay asleep all night. We also have #2 on the way and selfishly I want to soak up time with just my son.
Anyway. I knew this couldn’t last forever.
He now will wake up 30ish minutes after going down, even on a perfect nap day. He stands in the crib and SCREAMS bloody murder. It’s awful. He won’t sit back down. He throws out all the pacis and just cries harder. I can’t listen to it. Oddly enough if it’s the MOTN he can usually go back down? But that 30-40 minute wake he really struggles. He also can’t just be laid down anymore. I can’t hear him cry. I barely made it through the first time.
How do we re train him? He clearly can’t do it by himself anymore.
ETA: he screams so hard he’s like about to puke. Nothing like it was before. Letting him CIO just isn’t an option this time around.