Help! Night waking!

Jcat123 · January 2014

My LO dropped her nighttime feeding a long time ago. She has consistently slept through the night until 5-6am. However, 2 weeks ago she started waking up earlier, around 4. This week she has been waking up 3-5 times a night, talking or crying for a minute or two. We don't go in her room since we sleep trained her and she eventually falls back to sleep, but we are all losing sleep over it. She is almost 10 months and I'm wondering if this is a phase she's going through or maybe she's hungry? She sleeps about 10 hours a night and naps for about 3 hours during the day. Do you think I should not let her sleep so much during the day? Anyone else experiencing this?

minervacullen · January 2014

Never reduce naps to increase night time sleep! Sleep begets sleep and forcing a baby to stay awake is cruel. It could be any number of things really, teething, growth spurt wonder week(s), anxiety, too cold, too hot, hunger... Besides babies constantly change, you shouldn't expect their patterns to stay the same.
Also sleeping through the night isn't common like most people will have you think. I get that you're tired, my 12 month old still wakes at least once, usually twice, a night to eat. And she is legitimately hungry. She will eventually sttn, for now I'll cherish her needing me because before I know it, she won't.

happy_un-bride · January 2014

The entire time DS was 9 months he started waking every 2-3 hours in the night. It sucked! But it all of a sudden fixed itself. No advice, but it fixed itself. He also grew a lot during this time, so assuming growth spurt combined with a little separation anxiety.

SidraJedi · January 2014

Last week DD went through a wakeful period. It *seems* to be over now but I can't say for sure. She'll be 10 months on the 14th.

MrsWindyCity · January 2014

I don't know but we are going through something similar. However, DS is still in our room, and we usually need to soothe him, so we spend even more time. I'm so freaking tired. I think (with him) a lot of it has to do with separation anxiety. He has had SA BIG TIME the last few weeks, and it's to the point where he screams like a maniac before bed/naps. Ugh.

djm31012 · January 2014

Its just a phase you need to ride out. You will likely notice a tooth or a new milestone any day now. YOu can try giving advil before bed in case its teething discomfort but my guess is its just a wakeful period.

ericaann413 · January 2014

My boy is going to be 10 months on the 14th. He started STTN at 5 weeks but then around 5 months he was up several times a night. Now about 3 times a week he will STTN the rest hes up once and usually just needs a quick cuddle and hes back out in like 10 mins and sleeps through to the morning.

We did not do any sleep training. I work FT so any extra cuddling is OK with me.

Crequito · January 2014

We went through about a month long wakeful period that just ended last week. DD is now 9 months old and for the past 7 nights has STTN from 8pm-6:30am with no wake ups (doing happy dance!!). For the few weeks to a month before this though she would go down around 8 then by up at 1 and again at 3 or 4. DH or I would have to rock her back to sleep sitting up on the couch or in a chair to get those last few hours in before we needed to start our day. It was awful but this past week has been bliss. I'm only hoping DD doesn't change it up on me again anytime soon . . .

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