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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
mnb311
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sleep?? whats that again??
mnb311
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I posted a couple weeks ago about my good sleeper suddenly not sleeping at night anymore. Well its been 6 freaking weeks of no sleep and I'm at my wits end!!! Just to recap, he had been STTN 11-12 hours straight every night since he was 5.5 months. Suddenly at 11.5 months he started waking up crying every couple hours. And its getting worse not better. When I posted before some people said maybe its teething/molars but its been a month and half and I don't see or feel any signs of teeth coming in. It was so bad MOnday night, he woke up suddenly crying out as if in pain, and screamed like every hour and a half or so and I did have to go in because he would cry so hard that he was almost hyperventilating and got hiccups. I thought he was hurting, maybe ear infection so I would cuddle him and rock him then put him back down but then he would immediately wake up and scream again. I took him to the doc yesterday and his ears and throat and everything look fine so there is nothing physically wrong. Also she said he is most likely not getting molars yet since he still only has 2 bottom teeth. Anyway, I am going insane wondering wtf is wrong with him and wondering if he is ever going to sleep again. Do babies have growing pains?? Maybe he's afraid of the dark? Those are the only things I can think of. Someone gave us one of those turtle night lights that lights up stars on the ceiling in different colors and we never used it but I might try it. I just don't want him to see it and think its play time lol. I would appreciate some insight!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: sleep?? whats that again??
I took my DD to the docs on a Monday and was told there were no teeth coming through...and on the Wednesday she had a new tooth popped through! Have you tried a dose of motrin at bedtime to see if that helps? If it does, great, you'll get some sleep. If it doesn't, one dose for no reason isn't going to hurt him.
Other than that, you could try a night light, white noise like a fan, or maybe a later bedtime (if he's more tired maybe he'll give you longer stretches?). Those are the only ideas I have. I hope it gets better soon!!!
Married DH 7/30/11
CSC arrived 5/7/12
CHC arrived 6/2/14
The same thing happened to us! My little man who NEVER cried before has been a little terror. In our case, I think my son is teething (he has 8 which came back to back for 2 months! and is due for his molars now). I've heard molars take a long time to come in. Plus, my son's teeth came in a different order than what they think is normal so your LO may just be a bit different than the norm.
The only way we got through it was re-ferberizing. I know a lot of parents don't believe in sleep training, and if that's you, its fine. But it really works like a charm! Within a week he was back to sleeping perfectly again. I don't believe is co-sleeping, not because of the safety concerns but it just teaches the LOs to need you to fall asleep and be in a new environment.
I have heard that a lot of kids sleep habits change about this age but once you guys find a way that let's you get some sleep, I'm sure you will be able to get him back to it.