I have had the same problem. We have two and one of them always cries at night. He usually wakes up at some point in the night, comes in the room and cries. For a few nights I would go out on the couch with him so my wife could sleep.
Anyway, I just decided that doing that was rewarding his behavior and allwoing him to wake us up to play. So, the solution was to just ignore him everytime he did it. Don't roll over, don't move or acknowledge his prescence. After a few nights he would just come into the room, cry a few times and realize nothing was going to happen and then either leave or go back to bed.
When I used to get up and chase him with a water bottle it became a fun game for him, now there's nothing to do but go back to bed or wake up his sleepy brother to play with him....
Hope that helps.
Peter
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