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Advice needed - toddler with insomnia

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Forester · 24/03/2011 17:37

Hi

I have a 20 month old who in general sleeps fine - goes to sleep 7.30 / 8 without normally any fuss and sleeps for about 11 hours. However every so often - at least once every two weeks she wakes up in the middle of the night - say 2am - and is ready to start the day. We've tried a couple of different things e.g. trying to cuddle her to settle her, bringing her into bed with us, telling it's night time and to go back to sleep, giving her a bottle - but it hasn't worked. We've now resorted to leaving her in the cot but it can easily take a couple of hours plus before she falls back to sleep and obviously she is crying for quite a bit of the time. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong - she just wants to be up and out.

Has anyone had a similiar situation or any ideas? Or do we just need to wait for her to grow out of it.

Thanks in advance

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pudding25 · 24/03/2011 21:22

How long is she napping for during the day?

Forester · 25/03/2011 14:31

Hi. On average about 1 1/2 hours. I've been assuming that her day time naps aren't a problem given that the majority of the time she sleeps ok at night.

Thanks

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