My two year old dd (28 months, to be exact), has slept through the night for a long time. However, for the last two weeks she is crying nearly every night. Sometimes she properly wakes up, whereas other times it's in her sleep. Sometimes she wants comfort and a cuddle, whereas other times she wants to be left alone.
At first I thought it was teething, then maybe that she was poorly. But now I can't see anything that is actually wrong with her. During the day DD is fine, and if I ask her she will sometimes say that she felt poorly or her head hurt, but usually I don't think she knows/remembers.
We have a two month old who does sometimes cry in the night, but not much really, and dds crying isn't triggered by the baby crying at all. Earlier tonight she seemed to be having a nightmare, as she was shouting "no no no!", And I went in to comfort her. That's the first time she's really done that.
It's hard as my husband often works night shifts, and as the baby nurses a lot throughout the night I'm unable to check on her. She is currently still winging in her sleep and has been asking for me, and it breaks my heart that I can't comfort her as I'm breastfeeding right now.
Does anyone please have any insight? I don't know or if it's teething, that she feels poorly, is having lots of nightmares, or something else? Thank you.