All Change!

[calcium]

Suddenly I now have a dd who is waking 3-4 times a night again (she is 15 months) shes never been a good sleeper but had been sleeping relatively well for a while from about 8pm to 6am waking once now she won't go to sleep in the evening and is waking 3-4 times in the night screaming the place down. At about 5am I usually give her a bottle which will keep her quiet until she finishes it, sometimes she will go back to sleep sometimes not, she then wakes at about 7-7.30am on a good day otherwise around 6am. She is also becoming very whingy in the day, her molars are half way through but I actually think the screaming is more b minded than anything but I am exhausted having not had a proper night sleep for over a year now. has anyone else experienced this, do I have to go through the controlled crying again having done it once. Probably all in all we have had 3 weeks of sleeping through in 15 months so I am VERY keen to get back to this. We are also going on holiday next week to Spain and I cannot bear the thought that it may ruin a very much needed holiday.

Poor Calcium - no help just sympathy and I hope someone else has some words of wisdom

Hi calcium

Loads of sympathy. Our dd went from being a really good sleeper to a horror at just around the year mark. Coincided with 8 teeth appearing in a month, outbreak of eczema (weather related) and her MMR - any of these apply ? We did end up doing a bit of cc which proved quickly successful and it turned out to be a temporary blip. Does she have one nap or two now ?

Have you ever seen/heard of the Baby Whisperer - caught it a couple of times this week on Discovery Health and she uses a pick up/put down method as opposed to cc. You pick up and comfort then put her back down when she calms down. you can still stay in the room and wait for them to fall asleep but eventually the child puts themselves to sleep. We've instinctively done a version of this anyway but it might offer an alternative to anyone who cannot cope with cc.

Do hope that your dd sleeps better soon. A break in her routine may actually help reestablish a pattern. Enjoy your holiday,

Hi Calcium, my 15 month old ds is doing the same, he has teeth coming through and is having a hard time with it.

We are going to try CC, have just bought ear plugs! for the rest of the family. He also wants milk at 5am, the rest of the time its water but its very tiring, so can sympathise. Its wearing us all down, poor dd (4) was woken 3 times last night.

We have decided to go for CC as all this drinking in the night means he wakes earlier and earlier with a wet and sometimes soiled nappy. We have cut his daytime sleep to 2 hours after lunch, he eats normally during the day but has been very whingey so theres nothing else to do but the CC. Will let you know how we get on.

LIZS, how many nights did it take to crack the CC?

hi calcium,

I had to look back to the old conversation to check as it was a bit of a blur ( "Sleep : 11 month old suddenly wide awake at night..." Sept 16 2002 - sorry can't link )and reckon it was about 3 nights although we did blip shortly after that when her eczema got worse.

hth

sorry, that reply should have been to girly!

Well last night ds woke at 11pm for his milk which he drained! then slept till 4am. We decided to re-introduce his late night bottle in the hopes that he would sleep longer, also gave him a dose of nurofen for his teeth.

Well he cried for an hour, first quietly, then when he realised we were not coming he yelled at the top of his voice for a good 40 mins

Then it was stop start mixed with sobbing for the last 15 mins or so before he finally gave up at 5.15, but then he did not wake at 7 for his morning milk he slpt till 8.30am and has woken up a different child, happy, smiling, playing.

God i hope this lasts, ilcdo not mind being awake for an hour, have accepted this will last about a week and can cope with it.

How are you getting on calcium?

Tues night all went well till 5am, where he had a half hearted grizzle for 20 mins or so then back to sleep till 8.30 am. Yipppeee

Last night slept till 6.30am, had some milk and back off till 9am!!!

So there is light at the end of the tunnel and I have had a whole nights sleep, the first in ages!!

Just found this thread, and I have to add that my ds is doing simialr things. He is 16 months and for the past couple of weeks he has had disturbed sleep. He goes to bed no problem, but last night he woke at 12.30am, then at 4am and again at 6am. We try ignoring him, hoping he will go back to sleep but he gets so hysterical we have to tend to him. He has 1 molar that is visable, so I'm wondering if he's getting more. But once I am with him he is fine and doesn't seem to be in pain, as soon as I put him back down he screams again. It's asif he doesn't want to be alone. It's driving me mad!