Whats going on with him

Hi,

DS has always been a good sleeper, but in the last fortnight has been really unsettled.

He had a few gastro bugs a couple of weeks ago and that woke him a bit in the night but since then has been fine.

All of a sudden he cries when he goes to bed - not badly but he used to just talk himself to sleep and then once a night he will wake crying at a random time and is normally awake for an hour to 90 minutes regardless of what we do.

I have tried leaving him to cry, or offering water, or giving a cuddle, he does ask for milk, but he always asks for milk and he eats plenty to not need it, plus he drinks a lot at bedtime.

He just seems to be really awake, if I go and sit next to him he stops crying but is wide awake, as soon as I leave the room again he cries until his hour/90 minutes is up and then he is back to sleep.

It also isn't every night, it has been the last three but then we can go 3 or 4 days where he doesn't wake.

It normally means he wakes a lot later in the morning, which would be ok but I need to get up early for work.

He is teething a bit, but I would have thought if it was teeth waking him he would be screaming in pain and not go quiet, where as he cries but its not loudly and then grizzles then talks, then back to crying, but its not the kind of crying that you need to rush to, its more like angry I don't want to be awake crying.

Any ideas??

Also what are your bedtime routines, ours has worked since the start but like I said now he gets upset after we go, not straight away but it does happen.

All suggestions welcome - my last hope is that it is a phase and will end soon.