Sleep Regression

jac409 · January 2014

Anyone else experiencing similar issues lately? A few weeks ago, DD had hand, foot and mouth followed by a bad cold. She is also getting her one year molars. When she was sick, she started waking up more at night. I used to be able to go in, rub her back and get her back to sleep pretty easily. Ever since she was sick though, the only way I can get her back to sleep is if she is laying on my chest, like she did as a newborn. She goes down fine at bedtime. It is just middle of the night wake ups. Any suggestions to get her back to normal? We did a Ferberish sleep training method awhile back for bedtime. Do I let her cry it out a few nights and see what happens? I am exhausted!

myskyegirl · January 2014

OMG, we've been going through this since x-mas, I thought I was the only one. Honestly unless she screams bloody murder (which she's done) I've been trying to let her cio, which is usually on for a couple of mins. But I haven't had a full nights sleep for weeks now.

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valeriegp · January 2014

Oh yes, this. I have no suggestions, but sleep has been getting worse and worse for about a month or so. Last night my son went to sleep at 7 and slept until about 9:30, but after that he was up about every 1.5 hours. He goes back to sleep pretty quickly, but still. Between 12:30 and 2 he was up 3 times, so we finally brought him into bed with us. Usually he will sleep pretty well when we do that, but last night was an exception.

I think ours is a combination of molars coming in (4 at varying stages!), being in a new classroom at day care (this is only his second week there) and on a new eating and nap schedule, and age. Ugh.

jac409 · January 2014

Ok, well I am glad I am not alone at least. When I go in, she is standing up in her crib, screaming her brains out. She goes back down pretty quickly if I lay down with her on my chest. The last two days she has also started crying when I leave her at the gym day care. She has never done that before, so I am wondering if separation anxiety is finally setting in, and that is what's going on at night too. Ugh. I just want to sleep again!

kescalera · January 2014

We were starting to have some sleep issues a couple weeks ago when DS started waking up at 2-4a-ish apparently for a diaper change, bottle & chat. He'd be happily awake and babbling to us for a couple hours, falling asleep just in time for us to get up & get ready for work. It was sort of cute at first when he would come to bed with us so we could cat-nap until he fell back asleep and he would start at a whisper "Dada...." then get progressively louder until he was yelling "DAADAA!!!" and grabbing DH's nose until he woke up & said "Yes, Kilian". Then DS would just smile at him and go back to sucking his thumb & snuggling his blankie.

Then we started swim lessons twice a week and went back to 5-day/week daycare. He is so exhausted by bed-time 7:00p that he's falling asleep as I get him into his PJs. Now its rare that he fully wakes up during the night. Even with his top two 'beaver' teeth coming in last week I barely heard a squeak from 7:00p to 6:30a.

perfectlove09 · January 2014

I would suggest not letting her cio. Babies/toddlers cry because something isn't right and until they can say what that is it's important to be responsive. This is coming from someone that could probably have had a lot more sleep these past 13 months had I just let her cry in her room, but I truly believe that they need us and it's our job to be there for them.

I know it sucks, I hope she starts getting better sooner. My daughter has been waking up even more lately again. We had a few good nights and a couple reasonable weeks but lately it's her waking up for a couple hours and wanting to cuddle cuddle cuddle. It's sweet :-)

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