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.
xoxoxoox
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!
Allycat - OMG it's impossible isn't it!!!! DD has one of those seahorses so I know what you're talking about, but we only use ours in the car at night when she's a bit spooked. Hope you're getting some sleep.
Jellybean - I'll keep the chiro in mind. Mum always had us to chiros as kids, but my DD has had so many doctors and surgeons now with her hips, and she gets so distressed with it all now so I think I'll hold off and let it be an absolute last resort. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Last night, she went to bed later than normal, so I thought, hmmmm maybe she'll sleep. But, as usual, the second we went to bed, "WAAHHHHHH". I refused to bring her to bed with me, settled her, took an hour, left the lamp on in the bathroom next to her room, and went back to bed. An hour later, "WAAHHHHHH". I gave up then and took her to bed with me. BUT another hour later, and again "WAAHHHHHHH". OMG. I cracked them then, took her in her own room, put her in her cot, gave her a book and told her that if she was going to cry in my bed, she could stay in her own. Yeah, I know. Totally rational to be saying this to a nearly one year old. I walked back to bed - she was whimpering, but not full-on crying - I didn't turn on the baby monitor, and I must have just passed out. 45 minutes later, I woke up, freaked out, bolted for her room and found her sound asleep. She stayed that way until 7.30 this morning. Unbelievable.
Tonight DH is taking me out for the night, it's our 5th wedding anniversary, and my mum is staying the night so we'll see what happens.
Good luck Corelly, sorry if this sounds creepy but strange enough I did think of you at 1am this morning when I had been up for yet another night for an hour straight with a screaming toddler, I was hoping that you werent up too and that your little one was sleeping.
Happy anniversary too hope you have a great night.
Sending sleep vibes your way xoxoox
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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