This sounds exactly like my DD at the moment! She has always been a good sleeper but for the last few weeks she's been waking up crying/whinging and nothing we can do settles her. Half the time when I go in she looks like she's still asleep but then just randomly cries
Sorry no advice, just sharing your pain. Hope it passes soon.
Night terrors is my second? DS1 had night terrors and would cry through the night for about six months after his second birthday. It took a few months for us to realise that going into him was actually waking him up and while the noises he was making sounded pretty awful, he was asleep.
Possibly sick?
It sucks when they don't settle and keep waking all night long. I hope it all sorts itself out quickly for you.
Snap JM! - She's usually sitting up when we go into her, otherwise, she walks out to us and says hello. It's pretty cute TBH! We've battled colds for a bit but they're gone now, she has an infection on her face, but that's being treated and isn't bothering her during the day, but not sure if that's it for night. Thanks hun.
Arcadia - I love cosleeping too. I love having her close and snuggly. Reality is for us is that DH and I both have shocking backs and can't handle the feet that end up wedged into painful spots! I've got a queen bed too. I thought about her molars, two are through already, but this has only just started. Thanks for the reply
I just re-read your post and actually, it sounds like she is sleeping through one sleep cycle and then during the REM phase, waking herself up instead of resettling. Everyone goes into sleep cycles anywhere from 20-80 mins long. The beginning and end of that sleep cycle is very light sleep but it sounds like she is waking herself up in that phase of sleep instead of just resettling herself.
Unfortunately, I don't have any solutions but I remember reading about it when DD1 was a baby. Thought it might help to identify the problem though
You know what? That makes sense. I just read out your reply to DH and he agreed. She'll wake up about 3-4 hours after she's gone to bed, every night. So now the challenge is to get her to not wake up.
Wonder if I can teach myself how to stay asleep too :P I wake up often.
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This sounds exactly like my DD at the moment! She has always been a good sleeper but for the last few weeks she's been waking up crying/whinging and nothing we can do settles her. Half the time when I go in she looks like she's still asleep but then just randomly cries
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