My son has always been an OK sleeper but never great. CIO isn't for me, so I was waiting it out and just before a year he started sleeping through the night. He's 14 months now and now I put him down awake (he used to go down fine awake) and he immediately stands up and SCREAMS! I've left him for up to 20ish minutes but he doesn't stop or even slow down I find it really stressful with our evenings/bedtime being soo unpredictable and I never get any time on my own. I've resorted to bringing him into our bed since I'm exhausted!

Any suggestions? It's been almost 3 weeks. He can get up and down without a problem, so I know he's not "stuck". HELP!

Will I have no choice but to CIO?