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Sleep Help! Ideas?

AshleyR711AshleyR711 member
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Hello Everyone!

 

I haven't posted here before but I am generally a lurker so... hello! I need some of your opinions. DD is 17 months and has been going through her growth spurt and what I'm guessing starting the 18 month sleep regression. Typically she sleeps 10-11 hours a night and 2-3 hours a day in naps. That being said she has been sleeping 8-9 hours a night the last 2.5 weeks.

Well here is the problem: the last week or so she has been waking in the middle of the night in her crib (instead of early waking) and SCREAMING like she is being murdered. She is aware of what's going on so I am pretty sure it's not night terrors because when I go in and pick her up to console her she's fine. However, She wants to sleep in her bed. I tried CIO a few times and it just makes it worse. Laying on the floor, talking to her from the door, actually holding her don't work they just make her get worked up more. My gut tells me either a)I'm not doing right or b) she's not the type of kid that it works for. Regardless I gave up and just let her sleep in our bed and she sleeps better for the most part. Last two nights 11.5-10 hours a night when coming into our bed around 2 or 3 AM.

 

Anyway, my question is this: do you think she is too young to try and use some sort of consistent sleep training right now or do you think I should let it go for awhile longer and see if she works herself out?

 

She is a pretty independent sleeper if she isn't going through a leap, teething etc. ( Also she has all her teeth but 2 year old molars so I'm pretty sure not teething) I just want to do the best thing for her, so for now I've been letting her sleep with us but DH is getting kicked out of bed. Ha!

 

Any ideas or thoughts? TIA!

 

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  • AshleyR711AshleyR711 member
    Thanks for responding! :) I think you are right, it's just really hard to listen to them scream! I'm weak what can I say?
     

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  • meglette417meglette417 member
    DS is usually good too, he will wake up in the middle of the night and talk himself to sleep, we don't go in.  For the past 2 weeks he has been screaming so I get up and sleep with him in bed.  He was teething and we recently moved in with my mom temporarily so there are some changes.  The past couple nights he has gone back to his own ways so sometimes it is a couple week phase.  You might want to do whatever works for now being consistent, and let it play out the next couple weeks, she might go back to her normal ways.
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  • zbeesma86zbeesma86 member
    DD wakes up sometimes as well. If her teeth are bothering her or she is thirsty or bad dream- not sure. But I will go in and pick her up with her blanket and paci and rock her back to sleep.

    Doesn't happen every night- but we had a couple days last week where she did and now she's back to STTN.

    Babies and toddlers go through so much- I know DD is teething- her gums are super puffy and she's so whiny during the day- at night I don't mind going in to rock her once or twice.

    Like Nicb said- you need to be consistent in what you do so she doesn't think, oh mommy will bring me in her room if I cry this time or what have you. Try to go in and console her by not picking her up, picking her up, rocking her, or not. Does she use a paci? I know a lot of the reasons my DD wakes up is because she can't find it and she wants it.
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  • vrj0522vrj0522 member
    This happened to DS a few weeks ago. It was some sort of separation anxiety phase. It has now passed but in order for it to pass with your daughter, you need to be consistent in sleep training. No, she is definitely not too young to be sleep trained, she needs it. Taking her to bed and using different methods to get her to sleep will confuse her. You need consistency. If CIO doesn't work, then hold her. If holding her doesn't work, then CIO, or whatever else. If you are consistent and help her get through this, she'll probably go back to sleeping well, otherwise you might create a bigger problem and it will no longer be a passing phase. Good luck! Sleeping issues are definitely tough.
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  • michelle615michelle615 member

    We're going through similar sleep issues so I don't have any advice to offer, but plenty of sympathy.  With first a cold, then ear infections and also a word explosion, 17 month old DS is having sleep issues.  He will wake up between 4:30-5:00 screaming. I've tried rubbing his back, rocking him, but the only soothing thing for him is something to drink.  Then he may fall asleep for a little longer in my lap before getting up for the day.  I fear I'm creating a bigger sleep issue since he is also generally a very good sleeper.  Good advice and information in previous posts.

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