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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
10 month old not sleeping anymore...help!
Hi everyone,
I am posting here because I feel like I have tried everything that friends/family/coworkers have suggested and nothing seems to be helping. Was hoping maybe somebody, anybody has had a similar issue or can give me insight! My ten month old daughter started sleeping through the night in her crib at 5 months(after recovering from colic) and she was an awesome sleeper--we felt truly blessed! Now, at ten months, she has begun waking throughout the night, not wanting to be in her crib anymore standing at the rail screaming for us to come and get her. She has also decided that she doesnt want to be rocked to sleep anymore. So, in addition to having troubles getting her to stay asleep, we have troubles getting her to sleep to begin with. My husband does not believe in letting her "cry it out" so we are looking for other alternatives.
My main concern is her sleeping through the night. Why did she decide after 5 months that she doesnt want to be in her crib anymore and what can i do to keep her asleep and stay in her crib? We have tried music, white noise machine, night light, bottle and bath before bed, adjusting the temperature and/or pajama styles, small stuffed animal for comfort, lightly patting her bottom when she wakes in the middle of the night, and have even tried orajel and tylenol for possible teething related issues. We even moved the crib into our room and that made no difference whatsoever. We are desperate for sleep and are scared having her in the bed with us even if that is where she is most comfortable.
If any of you wonderful mommies out there can relate and can help me to find a solution I would be forever greatful! Thanks so much for taking the time to read my post...
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Re: 10 month old not sleeping anymore...help!
Could LO be teething??? My 11 month old was doing the same thing and we are still going through it somewhat. I didn't sleep train because he was teething so what i did was stayed in the room with him until he fell asleep by laying him down and patting, he would stand up but i would keep repeating. Eventually after about an hour he stopped standing and put himself to sleep. There was no crying, only whining.
This took forever though to get him to go down on his own. at least 2 weeks, I am in the middle of sleep training now that his tooth came through.
Good Luck!
They're so busy at this age it isn't uncommon for sleep to be interrupted. Did she just learn to pull herself up or another new skill before the sleep thing went to pot? It's also possible she's teething.
How long has this been going on?
When my dd doesn't want to be rocked and pushes away it's because she's overly tired. So maybe an earlier bedtime? She also doesn't need to be rocked to sleep much anymore because she'd much rather just be laid in her crib and she'll take it from there.
I'm just brainstorming and throwing ideas out there since I'm not sure of your exact situation.
Also, at this age it might take a little crying for her to figure out how to put herself back to sleep. My dd is a pretty good sleeper and still sometimes she cries while falling asleep. If she's overly tired it's really the only way she can fall asleep.
Good luck, hope you figure things out.
My DH & I just went through this with our 10-month old DS about a month ago. He was such a good sleeper and then out of nowhere he started waking up, crying & screaming. DS sleeps in the same room as his 2 older brothers so we couldn't really let him cry it out b/c then they would wake up & that would be a disaster. It turned out that DS was hungry, strange since he hadn't woken up in the middle of the night to eat in months, but he would down a bottle & go back to sleep. Unlike with my other 3 children, we gave him the bottle while in his crib so there was no transition issues after he was done the bottle & put back in the crib. We went through this for several weeks and then out of nowhere he started sleeping through the night about a week ago, thank god. My pedi. said he may have been going through a growth spurt or b/c he won't eat pureed or real food he isn't full enough at bedtime.