Apologies in advance because there's probably stacks of info already on here about this, but I've had a hunt and I'm either looking in the wrong place or I'm too tired to see!
DD is 11 months old, 1 in a week and a bit. She's a happy content baby, still b/f 4-5 times a day, eating breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks and drinking heaps of water. But she won't sleep well.
It's been a long journey for us - a 7 weeks she went into a leg brace for hip dysplacia and before that, she was a wonderful newborn sleeping though the night! Since then, she's been all over the place. We could have weeks of sleeping through, then broken. She's been out of her brace for three weeks now, but for the past couple of months, she's just had real trouble staying asleep. We keep the same routine - dinner at around 6.30, then a bath, then a feed and then she usually dozes off. We live in a quiet, calm house, she sleeps in her own room and we haven't made any changes to it. But within 20 minutes of me hitting the pillow, she's up. I refuse to go to her straight away, but she doesn't settle again. The longer I let her go, the longer it takes for her to fall back to sleep because she gets so upset andd more and more wound up. When she wakes, she just wants to be held. She doesn't want a b/f, formula or her dummy, changing her nappy makes no difference. I've been so tired that I take her back to my bed until I feel her relax again and then I put her back in her own cot.
I don't think its her teeth - she's got six through and they came without much fuss. We've got air con so the house is always at a good temp. I just don't know what else to do. Books hype her up, same goes for a walk in the pram. During the day, if she has a nap, its for about an hour, always before 3pm and if she stirs, she settles herself, no problems. AARRRGGGHHHH!!
I'm sorry this is so enormous. I don't know if this is just seperation anxiety that will pass, or if there is something else. But some nights, she'll be in what I think is a deep sleep, as soon as her head touches the cot sheets, she's crying. I'm doing this on my own - she won't go to DH at night and he leaves super early in the mornings and works long hours so I try not to hassle him during the weeknights. He takes over on the weekend mornings and I get a sleep-in, but it's feeling a REALLY long time between weekends.
aww Corelly I could have written that myself. My DD is 14 months and this is our 2nd bout of night waking, once at 7.5months until 10.5 months thats when we started controlled crying, and her sleep went fantastic again, and again now for the last 6 weeks, the last 3 nights ending with me in horrible tears. I am so sorry I dont have much advice for you because we are working through this too but I just wanted to say I know how you feel and also I am in the same situation with DH working late, up early etc.
I think its because we have had a major disruption to our lives recently which has caused some behavioural problems but who knows what these little ones are going through.
If you need to talk please PM anytime and I hope someone/something can help you. Make sure you talk to someone about it dont feel like you have to do it on your own. I called parent line this moring and they gave me some great advice which we will be putting into action tonight. again I hope it gets better and you get some sleep soon.
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I feel your pain! My DS is almost 10 months and has been doing the same thing for about 3 months now. First it was waking maybe 2-3 a night but now it's getting closer to 8-10!! He just a keep rock or feed back to sleep but the broken sleep is killing me. He got his first tooth a couple of weeks ago and now has another 3 coming so I guess it could be that. Can't give you any advice but I hope it passes soon (for both of us ).
Thanks Salad and Allycat. Wish it was a simple fix!! Last night I tried leaving her lamp on, she can get spooked in the dark if we're driving home, so I thought that maybe her night light wasn't enough for her. Instead, she woke up at 2am, eyes wide open, ready to play because she thought it was morning. EEEEEEEEEEP!!!! I'll think of a new tactic today!
that happened to me the other day too, I put one of those Fisher Price glow worm/sea horse thingys that plays tunes at the end of his cot, next thing I know he's sitting up, playing with it in bed, bright eyed and bushy tailed.
Have you tried taking her to a chiropractor? There are some that specialise in paediatric care.
Some people love em, others don't, but speaking on behalf of someone who has been in 2 car accidents, and introduced one child to chiropractic care at 6 months and the other from birth - it made a HUGE impact on how settled my children were and a significant difference in the amount of sleep I managed to get!! My chiro even cleared my DS2's blocked tear duct by pressing a particular area on the roof of his mouth - who would've thought?! Had I taken him to the docs we'd have ended up with antibiotic eye drops and god knows what else!
Give it a whirl - who knows, it just may be the ticket!
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I could have written that myself. My DD is 14 months and this is our 2nd bout of night waking, once at 7.5months until 10.5 months thats when we started controlled crying, and her sleep went fantastic again, and again now for the last 6 weeks, the last 3 nights ending with me in horrible tears. I am so sorry I dont have much advice for you because we are working through this too but I just wanted to say I know how you feel and also I am in the same situation with DH working late, up early etc.
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