litle son awakes every night  

sorry to hear your having trouble with your son.
ok this may sound far fetched, but i'm a believer in the other side and spirits. you may have seen shows on discovery, about people who go ghost hunting/spirits what ever you want to call them. there could be a spirit around that is waking him up and he can't explain it cause he's so young, it may be a good spirit but it's scary when your so young. i'd suggest finding a good psychic that can help you find out if there is anything around and get the spirits to leave for you. then smudge the house to cleanse it.

hope this is of some help especially if there is no medical reason why your having trouble.

best of luck.

Hey hi bootsy79
I think your son just does not like the new place.
children have this habit of getting used to the new place a bit late.why dont you try some new things yourself which will make your son go to bed properly at time.
I think you should buy him some good story books or picture book with lots of colour effects.
Or try to give him some warm milk adding some honey, few drops of almond oil[pure], turmeric a pinch and try to give him, he will get a peacefull sleep.
dont worry he will soon be used to the new schedule.

Sorry to hear your son is scared. Maybe it's just that's he's not as settled in your new home as you are but being so young there is no way for him to express this. Maybe a night light would help and some nice stories before bedtime would relax him. You could always try the psychological approach - when a child hurts themselves you put on 'magic' cream and tell them it will make them better so they stop crying as they believe. Maybe the same approach could apply here too, maybe ask your son or tell him you will move his bed or something similar as it will help him sleep better. I do hope you find a solution :-)

I agree that it's just because of living in a new place and having different surroundings. This same kind of thing happened to me as a child. My parents divorced and my mom and I moved to a new house with my step dad when I was in 4th grade. I absolutely hated it. I cried every night...and keep in mind, I was 10 years old!
To be honest, I never really felt comfortable in that house and don't to this day. I was very happy to get married and move into a place of my own even though it was tiny.

When you moved in your house did you have it blessed? For some reason same thing happened to my cousin before and when they have their house be blessed my cousin stopped having some night mares and since then she's having a good sleep every night.

Or in other explanation maybe your 3 year old son is still not used to your new home,maybe he's still wadering about it. And maybe he's sad because he misses you old house and the friends he have there.

Just always keep an eye on your son and my advice is to never live him alone every night because he might have any nightmares anytime.

poor baby boy. i am sorry for you to have to hurt along with him. maybe some soft soothing music will help him fall asleep. along with a night light. does he know his way around in the dark? maybe his is waking in the night needing a drink or to go to the bathroom but cant remember where to go. i remember a few years back my nephew did this. we couldnt do anything to help him. finally along with the soft music and a night light we started to rub his feet when he woke like that and it helped to relax him and he would go back to sleep in his own bed and not have to sleep with one of us adults all the time.

I think you should teach your child to pray before going to sleep. I don't really believe in spirits although at the back of my mind I know they exist. Somebody must have a very strong faith to God to overcome fears and any problems. If you will teach your son that God is strong enough to fight evil spirits just by praying I think he can go to sleep well at night.

The poor little guy is probably just confused, about his new environment.
I highly doubt he has a spirit visiting him .For if he did it would not be a bad one,it would be of comfort.Keep trying to talk to him about it, maybe during times when he is at ease.He will settle in soon enough,he is missing his old home at this age they know nothing else ,when we decide to relocate. Getting to the bottom of his fears or sadness may take a lot of patience and time. If you could somehow make a game of questions and answers and add that in at some point ? .
Just make sure its during the day ,when you are fishing, for your answers. If it has been more than a year that your living in your new place ,it could be a bit more serious ! Be sure no one has touched or hurt your son first off. Be sure to listen to everything he says he may let it out without you even realizing . I would hate to see your son go to a doctor at 3 for this ,unless he has been harmed by another adult in some way you are not aware of. Until you can get to the bottom of it ,just keep reassuring him he is safe , that mommy and daddy love him. Soon enough he will open up ,as he may feel a bit betrayed by you two at this time ,with this change . Listen ,Love and Laugh as much as you can, so he does know he can trust you as he always has Then he will come to you with his problems.

I've been through this with my own kids, it sounds like your son has "night terrors" which are actually harmless, even though it is very scary for parents to witness. My daughter had them for a bout a year, she'd wake up screaming and crying and was completely inconsolable, it seemed she wasn't even aware that we were holding her! It was so bad one night that about 20 minutes into her screaming I called the emergency nurse who told me about night terrors and ease my fears. I was advised to find something to distract her, like a toy or anything that would catch her attention and break the cycle. What I ended up doing when nothing else worked was I'd strap her into her carseat and just drive around the neighborhood until she either calmed down or went back to sleep. With today's gas prices, I don't recommend that though. LOL

Now my son has them sometimes and I just try to get his attention onto something else with either a toy or some crayons or take him outside for a moment to get some air. Thankfully, his night terrors aren't as bad as my little girl's were. They DO eventually grow out of it.

Here is some more information about night terrors that may be helpful to you:

http://pediatrics.about.c...

I've read somewhere that there are things called night terrors that are like nightmares except... You don't remember why you're so scared. I've read that you don't have the dream of something scary, rather you just wake up feeling scared for no reason. Since it's usually caused by being overtired, you should ensure that your child gets to sleep early.