Sleep Help - Riverton,IL

Hi K.!
You guys must be exhausted! Hang in there, this will soon be over.
Did you check with your Ped about any secondary complications?
Does the 10m old sure a room with the 2 year-old? Can you move the 2 year old for a few nights?
Do you stay in the room to feed him?
I didn't think my last one would ever sleep through the night!!! What helped was waiting (a long) 20 minutes before running to him. Then rocking him for a few minutes before offering a bottle to see if I couldn't soothe him back to the zone. Then if all else failed I feed him in his room completely silent and dark and to the point. The minute he stopped feeding...back to the crib and wait for a few minutes before running back. This probably took about 3 nights.
Just remember.......he doesn't understand the connection between waking up at night/feeding and the illness. You think it's done....so should waking up be. But he enjoys seeing you and wants to keep it up. Just let him know it's back to the old routine!
Have you read Dr. Weissbluth's book? It's not for everybody, but I found his information useful. It's hard to think with little sleep and I found his book was good to reinforce what I already knew!
Good luck and hang in there! Hang tough!

Offer him water and tell him that it's bedtime, to go back to sleep, that it's still night, night time, etc. Then leave. You're going to have to let your 10 month old disturb your 2 year old until he is back on schedule, most likely. It shouldn't take more than a few days....

put a fan on in the older child's room, plus some music on continous play. This will cover the cry it out noises. Also prep the older child for the crying telling him to just go to back to sleep if he hears it.

You may have found a solution for this issue by now, but in case you haven't, here are some resources that I hope may be helpful for you...

http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/T070100.asp

Best wishes,
J.

First, I feel your "pain". I am also a sahm of two little ones (a girl and boy), 15 mos apart. I experienced the same thing. My girl (the baby) had a cold/congestion when she was about 9 mos and would cry/wake up every 2 hours at night (after she had already been sleeping thru the night). I would immediately attend to her to prevent her older brother from waking up. In fact, she wouldn't even fall back asleep AT ALL....UGH!! Luckily, this only lasted about 3-5 nights and then she got back to her routine of sleeping thru the night!! I will tell you that during those 3-5 nights, I thought this awfulness would never end, but stick it out and your son will find his way back to normalcy sooner or later. (edited later) - after reading some other responses, I forgot to add something....YES, put a fan/air purifier on in the older child's room. We know have an air purifier (a cheap one from WalMart) in both kids rooms so they can't hear the dog barking, phone ringing or other child's cries/talking, etc.

If you are nursing the child is probably looking for teething comfort. If you are not he may still be looking for comfort. I cosleep so I have never had this problem since when she wakes she nurses right back to sleep. Though he is a big boy he can still get thirsty or be having a growth spurt. May want to leave a sippy cup with water?