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Waking up at 2am *every* night?

sarcole530sarcole530
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Has anyone elses LO been waking up in the night consistantly? Bryce has all of a sudden (in the past two weeks or so) become very clingy. He doesn't want anyone but me, DH or my mom. He always wants to be held. At night, he will only go to sleep if we rock or bounce him. And he has also been waking up around 2am every.single.night. We have to get up and rock him back to sleep for about 30 minutes.

I'm not sure if he's teething, or just having bad dreams or what. Anyone elses LO done this? If so, what did you find was the matter? Someone suggested giving him Motrin before bed, but if it's not teething, I don't want to give him Motrin if it's not necessary.

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  • brideofscowboybrideofscowboy member

    I'm hoping it's just a phase. 

    We're going through a similar clingy mess with DS.   I posted about it earlier today.

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    imagebrideofscowboy:

    I'm hoping it's just a phase. 

    We're going through a similar clingy mess with DS.   I posted about it earlier today.

    I must have missed it! I'll go look at your post too and the responses. Thanks! :)

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  • brideofscowboybrideofscowboy member
    imagesarcole530:
    imagebrideofscowboy:

    I'm hoping it's just a phase. 

    We're going through a similar clingy mess with DS.   I posted about it earlier today.

    I must have missed it! I'll go look at your post too and the responses. Thanks! :)

    There wasn't much for responses. I think I might RP on a busier day. The boards are quite slow today.

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  • sarcole530sarcole530
    imagebrideofscowboy:
    imagesarcole530:
    imagebrideofscowboy:

    I'm hoping it's just a phase. 

    We're going through a similar clingy mess with DS.   I posted about it earlier today.

    I must have missed it! I'll go look at your post too and the responses. Thanks! :)

    Good thinking. If I happen to miss it, I might be asking for a PM with some words of advice. :)

    There wasn't much for responses. I think I might RP on a busier day. The boards are quite slow today.

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  • Aprilynn0206Aprilynn0206

    At 16mo our DD started the same thing. After nearly 3 months of hell at bedtime I learned something. We let her CIO at 6-7mo and she learned to soothe herself. But at this age she is more aware and curious of her surroundings so CIO didn't work. She needed to be reassured that we were right there if she needed us. So, my suggestion would be that when your LO cries walk in and tell them it's ok, lay back down, etc. DON'T PICK THEM UP! Once they're laying down again, walk out of the room. It usually takes several times of doing this the first few nights but now we have our awesome sleeper back.

    All together we converted her bed to a toddler bed, gave her a pillow pet, and use a twilight turtle. I'm not sure if all 3 of these as well as the above are what made it work with DD but I often question that if I had just reassured her that I was just around the corner would she have been ok w/ out all the other changes. Regardless, she is sleeping and that's ALL that matters now. lol

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  • sarcole530sarcole530
    imageAprilynn0206:

    At 16mo our DD started the same thing. After nearly 3 months of hell at bedtime I learned something. We let her CIO at 6-7mo and she learned to soothe herself. But at this age she is more aware and curious of her surroundings so CIO didn't work. She needed to be reassured that we were right there if she needed us. So, my suggestion would be that when your LO cries walk in and tell them it's ok, lay back down, etc. DON'T PICK THEM UP! Once they're laying down again, walk out of the room. It usually takes several times of doing this the first few nights but now we have our awesome sleeper back.

    All together we converted her bed to a toddler bed, gave her a pillow pet, and use a twilight turtle. I'm not sure if all 3 of these as well as the above are what made it work with DD but I often question that if I had just reassured her that I was just around the corner would she have been ok w/ out all the other changes. Regardless, she is sleeping and that's ALL that matters now. lol

    Thank you! Where did you get the twilight turtle?

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  • Kmills678Kmills678
    We were going through this and i think it was night terrors but its amazing the difference a night-light has made. Our night light broke before this started now that we replaced it its gotten much better
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  • BridezookieBridezookie
    My son started waking up at 11pm every single night 3 weeks ago, and then waking up every hour or so all night long thereafter. His molars were breaking through the gums (slowly), so I figured that was it and we'd be back to normal after the extreme teething. He had his 15-mo checkup the other day and it turns out he has had a double ear infection (he's never had an ear infection before)! Poor guy. I felt so terrible when I found out. He's on day 5 of amoxicillin and still sleeping like crap, but I'm optimistic one of these nights things will turn around!
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  • iteachkiteachk member

    DD has gone through phases like that, and I agee with the person who said not to pick them up.  I always pat DD's back, and if that's not enough, I tell her I'll hold her hand for 1 minute, then follow through.  Sometimes she fusses, but she's usually okay with it.  If you get him use to waking and being rocked every night for 30 minutes, it's going to be hard to retrain him not to wake at that time.

    GL!

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