XP: 10 month old newly needs to be rocked to sleep

spinsoffresonance · September 2013

I posted this on 9-12 month babies board but I'm an occasional lurker here and would love some of your input too.
DD is throwing me for a loop. We did the no cry sleep solution training around 4 months old and ever since we could put her down to bed awake when tired and she would fall asleep on her own. She dropped her MOTN feedings between 7-8 months (shortly after we moved her to her own room) and has been sleeping 12 hours a night ever since. Except the last 2 weeks. We went to visit my mom in Europe for 2 weeks. DH only stayed 1 week. 3 days after he left DD started waking up every hour screaming, I would nurse her to sleep or rock her to sleep but as soon as I set her down she'd be hysterical. Eventually I let her sleep in my bed, which sort of solved the problem. We came home to DH and after 2 more nights bedsharing we managed to get her back in her crib. Now, however, she still wakes up 3-5 times screaming. I give her the paci and set her back down, which used to work before this whole episode but now doesn't. I end up having to rock her to sleep and nurse her at the 3am wake up. She might wake up crying 1-2 more times after that, but puts herself back to sleep before I get to her room. I'm worried now that I'm also starting to have to rock her to sleep at nap time and bedtime. Is there such a thing as a 10 month sleep regression? Any idea what is going on and how to stop this new habit? Thanks for the help

blu-eyedwife · September 2013

Not regression, but my guy started teething at 10 months and was up every hour/every 2 hours/every 3 hours. He nursed and rocked at that time because he was in pain (why he was waking) and the nursing has an analgesic effect (my doctor recommended it). Some tylenol or advil before bed would help, and eventually he passed through this stage and back to sleeping longer stretches.

cpmich · September 2013

Teething, new milestones, and the big one... Welcome to separation anxiety phase. It can be really rough. The only way through it is time and not disappearing without explanation.

ReeceFamily · September 2013

If you follow the Wonder Weeks at all, there is a regression between about 40 and 46 weeks...signs and symptoms include more clinginess, being angry when you put them down and more screaming/crying.

spinsoffresonance · September 2013

She did cut 2 new teeth in the last 2 weeks, so maybe it's teething. Does that explain why she won't go down to sleep at naptime/bedtime though? She also just learned to stand and cruise, so every time I go to her room at night she is jumping up and down in her crib screaming. Last night was the worse she was up every hour. As soon as I picked her up she was almost instantly asleep, so she is tired but she'd rather stand up and scream for mommy/daddy than go back to sleep on her own. Silly baby!

My wonder week app is telling me we're 2 days before the seventh leap, so maybe it started a week early. She did hit the separation anxiety stage really bad, so maybe that's all it is. So do you think it's ok to keep rocking her while she needs it. Is she going to revert back to going to sleep on her own once she's through these milestones or am I creating a new sleep association that I'll have to break later?

Cricket81 · September 2013

"So do you think it's ok to keep rocking her while she needs it."

I think anyone on this board will tell you to do whatever LO needs and whatever works for your family.

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