now that she's 1, sleep issues return. anyone else?

jc&cat

DD hit one and now is waking again at night and not going down on her own for naps. I don't want to create bad habits in helping her to sleep but not sure what to do. I don't know if this is milestone related or if she is ready to transition to 1 nap.

Anyone else deal with this kind of bump in sleep? Advice!??

kimbo1216

How bad is it?  Have you tried reverting back to your old techniques? 

Andrea52408

Yes, Ben has been waking up in the middle of the night for about 2 weeks now!  I have been lazy about things because sometimes it's just easier to get up with him and feed him.  He goes back to sleep quicker that way!  I am waiting until after his bday party tomorrow to sleep train him again.  So frustrating!! 

kimbo1216

Also...a few weeks ago, Audrey started waking up too (before turning 1 though).  It was the third or fourth night in a row.  At first, I thought there was a reason or she was hungry.  She wasn't hungry.  She just wanted attention.  We finally, just laid her down and let her work it out.  The next night, she was back to normal.  Idk if that helps, but it goes with suggestion of reverting back to old techniques.

march2008

DD is still doing well at night, but she's hit or miss for naps. She just skipped her morning nap and is still up. I put her down around her usual nap time and when she started having a few tired cues, but she she played around in her crib for 30 minutes and then I just took her out b/c she wasn't ready, I guess. Some days she does this....she'll just take one nap in the early afternoon that lasts for several hours and then she'll be up for the rest of the day.

jc&cat

I think it's bad enough to go back to the old sleep training techniques. And just when I was SO happy to think that we had this under control. I know there will be bumps but I panic when sleep gets messed up b/c DS was such a bad sleeper for over 2 years.

She will go down at night with some fuss (fine) and makes it til around 3am and stands and screams (not fine). She woke DS the other night and it was a bit of chaos with him running into our bed and I was trying to get DD to calm down. I rubbed her belly and she drifted off on her own. At first I thought it was excitement around the 1st bday activites but now i think it's attention.

Vacation is coming too which will entail DS and DD sharing a room. God help us...and our neighbors!

chuicafina

We're dealing with this too. Both naps and night sleep are cr@p right now. Initially I thought it was jet lag related, but after 2 weeks of being back, I'm thinking it's just bad habits (plus teething).

We started sleep training again 3 nights ago, and it's starting to get better at night time. But he was still up this morning at 4:30am. Took him an hour to get back to sleep, and he slept for 1 hour. Naps are still terrible. He's going down for his morning nap right now, and it's not going well. Ugh.... :-/

I clearly don't really have any advice....just in the same boat as you.  

MommaG123

Our problem isn't waking up but getting to sleep.  For some reason the last week she has been screaming bloody murder the second I sit down in the rocker to start our nap/sleep routine.

 I usually read her a book then sing her a song and then lay her down awake but drowsy.  Not the last week though.  She has screamed bloody murder the entire time I try and rock her so I've just been laying her down in her crib crying and let her work it out for herself.  She's usually asleep within 5-10 minutes with varying amounts of crying but it's so strange that she seems to hate our bedtime routine now all of a sudden.

Magenta728

Yup. Same problem here. I was starting to wonder if DD can sense that I'm pregnant.

This weekend, we are re-sleep training. The nighttime wakings have gotten out of control. I slept maybe 2 hours last night.

MommaA117

yes! She goes down at 9:45 and usually sleeps in until around 10ish.

Now she wants to wake up at twice in the mornings SCREAMING to nurse. Like at 6 and 7 a.m. If I refuse or let her cry a bit it turns into fill on hysterics and she will NOT go back down So I give in and nurse and she passes back out. Sigh. A terrible habit that we will have to break one day (in which it will be harder later, I know) but it gets me my sleep in the morning I am hoping it's just a teething thing. It's been a little better that past 2 days.

Joyfullnoise

We were up from 3 to 4:30 last night. 

WTF, toddler, let's go to sleep! 

jc&cat

we saw a sleep specialist back in January (yup, that bad) and she said to expect developmental bumps at 9 and 12 months due to pulling up and walking milestones (aboutshe said consistency but i wish i could call her now for some help... that time). 9 months wasn't an issue. guess our luck ran out.

i am watch DD on the monitor standing in her crib. she slept 30 min for her nap this morning so i'm hoping she does better this afternoon.

good luck ladies!

lbursey

We've created a sleep monster!!  haha.  It started with teething and us wanting to go back to sleep asap so we started taking him to our bed when he would wake up at around 3:00-4:00.  

At first it was just the odd night maybe once every week or so...but now it's been every night for the past 2 weeks.  He screams until we put him in between us and then he completely passes out happy so I know he's okay.  I think we have to break this real soon!!!