My awesome sleeper is NOT so awesome anymore!! I'm exhausted!

2lovelyboys

My 3yo recently started preK last week and goes all day everyday (well 5 hours but the bus to and from adds an extra 2 hrs to his day).  He did have strep the week before school started and he got up and wanted me.....which I understand but it has gotten way worse with him waking SEVERAL (I lost count) times a night and I go in and he is quiet, he just wants to see me.  I assume it's the new schedule for him and separation from me.  I am trying to stay calm but I'm exhausted and he has to get up at 6:30.  He is not getting enough sleep at all and he needs it being he is in school all day.  I don't know what else to do.  I think I may have to resort to CIO and go in in every 5 or 10 or 15 min or so until he goes back to his ol' self.     Thanks for hearing me vent!

Ciarrai

Have you tried having something in there that he can turn on like a nightlight or quiet music? We have the turtle and ladybug stars things that they can turn on if they wake up. Another idea is to put a pic of you and/or the whole family on his nightstand so he can look at it if he wakes up and then go back to sleep. Just something he can do/look at if he wakes up to get him back to sleep faster?