thread: 19 month toddler still waking 2-3 times through the night. Is this normal?

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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Jan 2004
    3,903

    My 23 month old is still waking 1-3 times a night. He did a brief period of sleeping through for a month, which was pure bliss, then we went away for a weekend, and he hasn't been the same since. He was a 2 hourly waker for the most part of his first 14 months of life though.
    I wish I could offer some suggestions to help. We just tried everything we could think of. Massage, baths before bed, or earlier in the day, we bought a sleep sheep which did help a bit, downloaded a CD of Metallica baby tunes, played the ipod in his room, have the air con on have it off, Amby hammock, formula for bed time as opposed to breastfeeds, reading as many books as i could find to explain something or anything at all for that matter.
    goodluck, hope your little one discovers the joys of sleeping through the night a bit longer, very soon

  2. #2
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Jan 2006
    11,633

    My DS has gotten progressively better since about 19 months of age, but he still often wakes at night. And often several times.
    We gave up trying to 'fix' it a long time ago - it's easier to just go with it.
    Fingers crossed you get a break before the next one comes along

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Jun 2007
    Somewhere between asleep and awake
    1,194

    My DD1 didn't sleep through until she stopped teething which was after 2 years of age. We also had her give up her dummy to the dummy fairy and so she doesn't wake for that anymore either. She wakes every so often but more like once every two weeks, and usually because she's had a bad dream. It does get better. I have to keep telling myself that, as my 15 month DD2 is waking often at the moment. Big hugs xx

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
    Melbourne
    1,628

    DD is a couple of months older and she still w akes twice a night (on a good night)

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Mar 2006
    4,542

    Both of my kids are still waking overnight. DD (now 3) went through a few months of sleeping through which was just awesome but now she is back to waking up about 2 times a night and DS (11 months) is still waking 2 - 3 times a night. But of course they aren't at the same time so I'm up minimum of two times a night and anything up to 4 or 5 times. Hopefully it will settle down for you soon. But it is totally normal sadly. I just can't wait for them to be teenagers so I can wake them up every morning!!!!! That is what is getting me through, LOL!!

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Jul 2009
    Ormeau
    1,028

    Thanks for replying girls.

    I have thought about having him in bed with me from the start but him and DF are both wigglers and DS likes to sleep on my arm so I keep getting very little restful sleep at all. I thought it was normal gues like every mum I was just hoping there was some magic fix lol. Apparently DF was like this as weel waking every 45 mins till he was about 3, his mum ended up putting rum in his bottle to get him to sleep but I don't think I'll be doing that lol.

    Oh well I guess we'll just keep trucking along, maybe I'll get a month before bubba #2 is born, maybe not, I've become pretty used to waking up and thinking, I can't wait for night to come again lol.