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Champion sleeper now waking and crying regularly

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1mum1 · 13/10/2010 09:32

My daughter is ten months and has been a fab 12 hr sleeper (in the main) since four months. For the past week she has been waking constantly in the night, like every half hour! We're exhausted! No symptoms of teething at all (she still has no teeth btw) - there really seems no rhyme or reason.

Anyone any experience/knowledge of this who can shed some light?

Thanks :)

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1mum1 · 13/10/2010 16:03

Anyone have any experience and could help?
Thankyou x

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artifarti · 13/10/2010 16:11

Is she very upset? Ear infection? Also, my DS is and always has been a terrible teether and he actually seems to get more pain when the teeth are moving unseen under the gum, rather than when they poke through the skin. So it could be that.

Or it could be a growth/development spurt. My DS went a bit bonkers sleep-wise around 14 months and the following week starting walking, talking and feeding himself!

chitchat09 · 13/10/2010 16:23

If she's 10 months and has no teeth then she probably is teething!!! The pain as they are moving under the gums seems quite bad, especially if several of them are moving at the same time. Is she drooling more? Does she have worse nappies than usual - different colour/texture? They are also clues to teething.

Not sure if bonjela works on pre-teething, but I give calpol when I suspect teething.

If she's touching her ear, then she could have an ear infection.

If she seems to be 'stretching' out, then she may have an upset stomach/digestive tract and something you are feeding her is not agreeing with her - in my DS2's case it was rice, as it gave him a lot of pain at night.

JamieLeeCurtis · 13/10/2010 17:46

My guess would be teething as well.

IME, bonjela only works when the teeth are coming through the gums. Some DCs have a lot of pain from the first teeth as they move towards the gums

Ibuprofen helped mine

Or I wondered about Night Terrors

fairimum · 13/10/2010 18:14

could she be cold?

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