What is wrong with my 13.5 month old?

[mermaid101]

My DD has been a pretty good sleeper since she was very young (I know - very lucky). However for the last week or so, she has been having real trouble sleeping. At first she was waking about 10.30pm until about 1 am. However, tonight she went down at 6.30 as usual and woke up about 7.30 and now she is screaming. She stops if one of us goes in and picks her up, but starts again if we even shift our position let alone put her down. My husband has just tried to lie her in her cot and she is yelling so loudly I'm scared the neighbors will think there is something amiss!

She doesn't appear to be teething, doesn't have a temperature, has been in good form all day and has eaten well.

What could be the problem?

Thanks for this QTPie. That sound like a long stretch! Was there any sign of the teething during the day? Did calpol or anything like that help?

I think we might need to do something similar to your mattress idea.

I think we've been a bit spoiled with her previous good sleeping and it feels so stressful. We're both feeling pretty ropey just now (sore throats, colds etc.) so i guess its very probable she isn't feeling that great, although she doesn't appear to be unwell. Apart from this sleeping problem, she seems very well in herself.

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I'm desperate for ideas/advice!

I also wonder if it is teething. 18mo DD has never been a great sleeper but we've had a rough 3-4 months with the canines and molars. The last canine is just about to pop through, but it's all nighttime sleep that's disrupted, never in the day. We've done ok with nurofen to help, but often it only delays the waking as she wakes at 3-4am when the bedtime dose has worn off! We are doing a lot of cosleeping so we all get some rest, because I figure that there's no point trying to train her out of it if it's teeth pain.

Yep I would agree, teething. We have random weeks of it, which tend to last about a week at a time and she does what you festive. The only thing that soothes her is extra formula which she fizzles by the gallon when she's teething. My lo is 13 months next week and we're onto second molar this week. We co sleep if necessary, but she tends to stay up till about ten rather than her usual six pm!

Blooming phone! Describe not festive and guzzles not fizzles!!!!!!

Thanks so much for all these. It's going from bad to worse. She was up from 10pm - 3.30am last night. I gave her calpol, but that obviously hasn't worked. I suppose we just need to ride it out.

Does anyone know much about "wonder weeks"? I mentioned the non sleeping thing to a colleague today and she said her one of her children had gone through periods of being unsettled just before developmental leaps. This was reassuring because she said it only lasted for a week or so. However, another colleague overheard the conversation and told me her son has slept beautifully for his first year and then didn't sleep for a full night until he was 6! I wanted to cry!