15mths won't sleep through!!!

Hi maxandme, U sound like us! Been there and just going back through it again as we have just returned from holiday and ds 18mths was sleeping in the same room as us all the time so got use to us being there when he woke up. However in saying that we have tried soooooo many dif sleep techniques and recycled them to try again thinking something may work coz it had been a while since we tried x,y,z method. In the end we had a behaviorist help us and she narrowed it o 2 things, one we did was cry it out method, took 4 nights of ds screaming 1.5-3 hrs us going in in 30 min intervals and being stern and telling him "we love you, but it's bed time, go to sleep' then walk out again. 4 nights and then he started settling himself and no wake ups... That lasted 5 nights!!! So I emailed the beja journey and we looked at the 2nd possibility... Dairy and wheat. I took him off formula as he was still on that but needed burping after every bottle plus when he would wak the first time of a night he always needed burping then too. Cows milk he gloats with, so I tried goats and camels milk, neither worked that well... Now I've narrowed it o oat and rice milk and think we are going to stick with that for a bit. I've also taken all other dairy other than goats cheese from his diet and eliminated most wheat (no bread, pasta, etc). Just before our holiday he had about 2 weeks of this diet and no wake ups or if he did he let out a little whimper and went bk to sleep himself. I also have him on a probiotic now too, from organic shop Whilst we were away I had hard time trying to find rice milk, found 1 carton! that was annoying, I used nan lactose free formula instead but with that plus getting bits of bread or what ever when we were out he woke every night we were away. Now bk home I can start controlling it better and I'm hoping the last 3 nights have just been him getting the "junk" out his system... Perhaps you could try changing the milk to see if that helps. I found oat milk kept ds fuller longer but gives him bad nappy rash, so I give him the rice milk just an extra 30 mls of it at night time. Hope u get some relief soon. It's awful having broken sleep still, I totally sympathize.

Sorry no advice as my first 2 woke up 2-3 times a night for milk until they were 2-2.5! My doc said some babies are just that way inclined :(

I cant give my 16month old dairy or cows milk after 3pm bacause she wakes up screaming in the early hours if i do. Dr said some children cant process it properly until 2+ years. Couldbe that or by this age they wait to see what you're going to do and then play you. Ifhe's getting enough calories in the day then no need to feed at night just have to be consistent with settling him and stick to the same every night.Will take a few nights to get back your control and he wont like it but will get the message after a few nights.