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
Don't know if you're willing to try this but we had similar issues and about that age we took the mattress out of the cot and just put it on the floor. (I was willing to try anything) We found that she slept a lot better that way and after a couple of months of that we got her a bed. Now don't get me wrong, we still have 1-2 wake up calls a night but USUALLY she goes back down quite quickly. I found with the mattress on the floor it was easier to resettle her cause I could just lie down with her and pass out!
Don't know if that helps but I feel your pain and lots of
ETA another thing that seemed to help was night weaning her at about 13 months (I don't think it would have worked earlier for her), although with a recent illness we fell off the wagon there a bit so have some work to do now
I found DD1 was waking a bit during the night just before her 1st birthday, her teeth were giving her grief but the cycle continued until WELL after her 1st brithday.
She would wake 1-2 times a night and take a fair bit to get back to sleep as i was PG with DD2 i gave up and let her come into our bed most nights, the second she hit the pillow she was out cold.
She finally went back to sleeping in her bed but would wake about 4am and come into our room, about a month back i gave her a pillow, after a couple of nights she slept through again.
Now i don't even have to cuddle or rock her before her day or night sleep, not sure if this is all that has changed for her as we don't have set bedtime routines but it's all happened around the same time...
You can buy a JUNIOR PILLOW from Big W and it's awesome, she loves it.
Salad - Ahahahahahahahaha! Love that you were thinking about us at that time of night! Only a teensy bit creepy Sucks that you were up at that time of night.
Zarava Flutterby - I was wondering about a pillow. We have a couple of those thin cot ones - we had to use them under her legs when she was in the hip brace. She likes to lie in my big V pillow during the day when she's having a quiet moment and I wondered if it was too soon to try her own.
Thepixie - hadn't thought of that and it sounds like a good idea! Thanks - we might try it later on because ------
WELL DD HAS SLEPT FOR THE LAST THREE NIGHTS! OMG!!!!!!!
On the night that I just put her in the cot and passed out, she went to sleep. I worked out that she may not like a sheet over her. So we took it away, and she's slept ever since! Maybe now she's brace free she can't stand anything over her legs at all. Last night she went to bed late, at around 10pm and she slept until 7, I fed her and then she slept again until 9.30. Unbelievable! Hope this sticks around, the fuzzies are starting to leave!
Thanks everyone for the posts and I'll keep you up to date with how she's going.
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Sucks that you were up at that time of night.
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