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turns 1 and bedtime goes to sh!t - any advice?

H&W05H&W05 member
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months

LO used to be a pretty good sleeper. Down without a problem at 8 and would sleep til about 6.

Now I put her in her crib and she pulls herself up and just stands there and cries. I rock her to sleep, she wakes right up when I put her down. I've been trying putting her in there awake and just keep putting her back on her stomach when she tries to raise up. Crying it out doesn't work - she just stands and screams and it just gets worse.

Even if she does go to sleep, she wakes up 2 or 3 times a night and cries until I go in and soothe her back to sleep.

I'm not sure what the problem is. I can't feel any molars coming in. My only thought is she's going through seperation anxiety? She's very clingy to mommy and daddy right now. So maybe she just doesn't want to be away from us?

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Re: turns 1 and bedtime goes to sh!t - any advice?

  • rlyttlerlyttle member
    If it was me, I would stick to CIO. If she knows that you will come in to calm her & put her to sleep she is going to probably continue to do that. She is more aware of stimulation & I would say that she is smart enough to test you now. People might say "she is crying for a reason, go get her, feed her, rock her, blah, blah", but I personally would let my LO CIO & try that for a few nights to see if things get back on track. I would be scared of creating of new routine of going in for every cry. That's just my opinion though, I know several other people on here are not that strict with their LOs....usually leading to poor sleeping habits in my opinion.
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  • JulySpark05JulySpark05 member
    Do you think perhaps she is either overtired or not tired enough? There has been a select few times where DD would not be tired enough at her regular bedtime and she would just cry and so I would bring her out and let her play a bit longer and then put her back down and then she would go right to sleep. Mind you, this only happened maybe 3 times so I made sure not to make a habit but instead, I pushed her bedtime by half an hour and that made all the difference! So she now goes to bed at 7:30pm instead of 7pm.
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  • JQuin10JQuin10 member

    I agree, CIO has always been a great rescue bed time stradegy!

    If my son has been fed and his diaper has been changed... if his last nap was more than 4-5 hours ago... then he's obviously fighting me and I make him CIO for about 10 minutes which then I will pat him to sleep or rock him to sleep.

     

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