Terrible sleep - 19mths

[Bumpsadaisie]

The usual thing really - DD 19 mths sleep is totally up the spout but worse than ever before.

She settles fine and we have a great bedtime routine which is easy - sleeps for a good few hours, then wakes in the middle of the night (1am/2am) and will not resettle for a good two to three hours. I am exhausted and getting quite miserable about it.

She tries to get off to sleep and lies down, but after about a minute she stands up again saying "mam mam" - she just can't switch off until she has been awake for hours and conks out finally.

She's v clingy just now and I think is going through the "language explosion" - said "Daddy work car" the other day which I think might be getting on for a small sentence ...

Just want stories and encouragement from fellow-sufferers really as I know it is a phase and, all together now, "this too will pass ..."

No advice but sympathy as we are going through the same thing. 19 month old dd recently stunned us all by announcing "it's raining snow"... Her sleep is up the wall. Like for you, her bedtime routine is great and she settles fine then wakes in the early hours and cries on and off until she gets up. She's completely happy in the day apart from being overtired and she doesn't seem to have any new teeth cutting.

What is the "language explosion"?

Same here with 17 month ds2, although he's always been a poor sleeper. Also progressing quickly with language. He was talking in his sleep last night.

That's comforting to hear, thanks both! Think the language explosion is that roundabout now speaking really takes off. Dd has slept dreadfully just before every big milestone so wondered if this is behind it.

Yep verity, my dd is happy during the day too! grrr!

Another 19 month old going through the same thing. Started at 17 months and has been going on since then. Last night was awful, every 1-3 hours.

Right before falling asleep she always does a rundown of words including chatting about various family members or singing snatches of nursery rhymes. Two nights ago it was 'pat it, roll it' and 'baby' with all the other bits missing but with hand movements.

I'm trying to cling to the funny bits as I attempt to hold myself together at work today.

Yep, the bedtime wind down "nat nat mummy, nat nat buppy, nat nat bottle" then fifteen minutes of "arkdonchoo" ("hark don't you" as in "I hear thunder")... The a few hours solid sleep, then the crying starts. It might be funny if I didn't have a seven week old too... Sleep is for the weak, I tell you. ;)

Hey, same here, the sleeplessness and the language. However we are coming up to 21 months now and DD is sleeping better in the last week than she ever has in her little life - regularly does 10-4! and the wake ups are often brief not an hour or two as was.

So hang in there people, there is hope.

It's funny because now I'm getting say 6/6 and a half hours' (broken) sleep rather than 5 or less, I feel more tired, like my body's relaxing a little, not holding itself together with weird energy that is only accessible during extreme sleep deprivation.

Hi all.
I had this demoralising problem for 6 months with my DD when she was in a cot bed.

Finally it got so bad that we introduced a proper bed (so we could take it in turns to sleep with her) That was in November and I am proud to say this week she has actually slept through the night (8-5ish) for 5 nights

Feel much better now thanks ladies. At least we are not alone!