Carrie1386, your son's problem is that he doesn't want to go to sleep. But my son is very easy to go to sleep, and his problem was he would wake up and cry at night. Previously, whenever we put him down to his cot, he'd cry and cry. So that we could only put him to our bed, sleep with him, then when he fell asleep, we bring him back to his cot. Every night he woke up and cried, we then had to bring him to our bed again and sleep until the next morning. However, that's the past for us.
The method that worked on my son is:
Follow all our usual routine (eg. milk, reading, washing, etc) before going to bed. Then I put him down to his cot, and I sit on a chair next to his cot and DO NOT LET HIM SEE MY FACE (facing back to him). He would stand up and cry and try to grab me. But I just ignore him. After a while, he realized that crying is useless, and he actually was sleepy..... then he lied down and went to sleep. When he woke up at mid-night, I did the same, sit next to him and facing back to him. By doing this, he knows YOU ARE THERE, so that he feels secured.
In my experience, I did this for one night (it took him about 25 min of crying and stand up and lie down and stand up and lie down....... 是有D心疼的), then the next night he didn't struggle when we put him to his cot, and didn't even wake up in the mid-night. Now, I can hear he wakes up in the mid-night from time to time, and he may cry for a few seconds. But he would go back to sleep after a little while. We now also put a straw cup (water) next to his cot, and he would wake up in the mid-night and drink some water and go back to sleep on his own.
You can try this but you have to be stiff hearted and be patient. It may takes you few weeks to work, but I think for his long term benefit, it is worthwhile.
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