11 month old waking in the night again!

[natz23]

my little girl has always been a great sleeper, but for the past 3 weeks she has been getting up during the night, can be anywhere from getting up at ten or 3, but when she is up she is up for about 2 hours!
we try everything to get her back down, but she just wants to play
have resorted in giving her a bottle again in the night, which seems to settle her back down and then falls asleep maybe 20 minutes later.
whats happened to my great little sleeper??
i put it down to teething but her teeth have cut threw now, and she dosnt seem upset when shes up.
could she possibly be going through a growth spurt and is hungry?

have tryed today giving her more snacks between meals and a supper before bath and bed, just a bit of toast and banana.
we used to give her a 'dream feed' which we cut out about 3 months ago.
we used to feed her around half ten whilst still asleep, and that set her up for the rest of the night,
should i go back to giving her this feed again, and slowly cut it out again.
im lost
any advice would be appreciated, im so tired i can barely forcus during the day

How are her naps? Is she learning a new trick - walking for example? This can get the brain completely wired making it hard for her to sleep without assistance.
My DS (nearly 1) did something similar a couple of weeks ago and has just stopped. He would wake up and would take at least an hour to get him back to sleep again. I just had to ride it out by feeding him to relax him and all of a sudden it stopped.

I think you might have to do some sleep training. At that age she shouldn't need milk in the night, particularly not if you are giving her more food in the day.

DD went through the same thing at about the same age. I knew she wasn't hungry/ill etc and when she woke up and cried I checked on her then put her back in bed, telling her it was time for sleep. Sounds mean but after 2 nights she realised Mummy wasn't going to play and it was time to sleep, and she slept through again.

There are lots of other methods which are gentler but take longer. Maybe try posting in the sleep section as well?

debka how do you know she wasn't hungry? Or thirsty? I'm not wanting to start an argument - genuinely curious. I ask because I know someone who's DD was a similar age and had been taught sign language, including the sign for milk. She randomly started waking at night and asked for milk. Her mum said afterwards she'd never have thought to give milk if she hadn't signed. I was a bit sceptical myself until DS started signing (he also goes to classes).

thanks girls, she is trying to walk just now, sjes leanrt how to lclimb up on everything and loves walking round the sofa, shes on the go all the time, her naps are the same during the day, she dosnt actually sleep much during the day, she will have an hour in the morning and maybe half hour in the afternoon, and goes to bed around half 6 7. its always been the same.

last night she got up at 9 and got her back to sleep around 11.45. its really stressfull sometimes i just want to cry!
i gave her milk and she polished the lot of, so she must have been hungry or thirsty at least. but still took a while to get her back down. shes not upset or anything, and she wasnt trying to play last night, just keeps trying to sit up and see whats going on, or wants to crawl away!
we end up just bringin her into our bed! which i really didnt want to do, but we will do anything for a sleep.
i think maybe its just another phase we got to ride out perhaps? just feels as though shes never going to be the good little sleeper she once was.

Yes it's a phase and walking is a biggie for messing up sleep. You could try tweaking naps so s shorter morning one (30 mins) and longer post lunch one.

Also we found getting DS outside for fresh air and a bit of walking in the afternoon wears him out (not too much otherwise overtired). She may also need more snacks as learning to walk takes a lot of energy!

DS has settled down after a couple of weeks of on/off nights. Not expecting it to last though!

Sorry not to get back to you Igglybuff- I knew she wan't hungry because I'd try and bf her and she wouldn't really take anything, so the next night I knew it was habit rather than hunger. Plus they do say that after 6mo they shouldn't need milk in the night.

natz23, it is hard but hopefully Igglybuff is right and it's a phase that will pass soon.

hoe you guys are right, im going to end up bald very shortly lol.
me and DP just end up rowing all the time because of it, just tiredness i think.
he expects me just to 'fix' it, but ive tried a lot.
its not bother getting her down at night, its just when she wakes in the night, shes bright as a button, so alert and thats why its so difficult getting her back down, x

Natz you might have to work on her day naps as the less sleep she gets at night, she'll get more overtired and could take longer to get over this blip. Also try early bedtimes as well as the more rested she is, the better she'll sleep.

thanks debka - was curious. I wish DS would have stopped night feeds at 6 months. Although that's probably because he took until 9 months to get into solids properly