21 month old - Sleep Question

[cooper82]

So may have read another thread where DD would only sleep with us rocking her etc etc. Those times are over, and on the contrary, the bedtime routine is fantastic. We can place her in the cot, tell her its sleepy time and will doze off to sleep.
What has since been happening pretty early into the night (between 10pm - 12am), DD is waking and is completely inconsolable. Going into the room and trying to pick her up makes it even worse.

She will roll around the cot, banging her head and has a blood curdling cry. Its like there is something up in the night. With DD being a pleasure all day and going to sleep at night with no drama, we are completely dumbstruck as to what can be up with her in the night. Its like she's in mortal agony but we have no idea why or what we can do!

Can anyone relate?

Sounds like night terrors, there nothing u can do really other than to stay by her and talk very quietly. I found that picking up my DS when he was doing this also made him worse. How did you sort the rocking to sleep? My ds has to get held to sleep. He's 15months x

That's what we were thinking too. Its quite distressing seeing you baby so upset. Its a complete world apart from during the day!

Have a read of this thread. Apologies its quite lengthy

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/sleep/1394888-What-worked-for-us-Hope-this-helps

So I think the night terrors have gone. (Fingers crossed). When I put DD to bed, she goes right off to sleep. So the start of the evening is bliss.

But DD will wake up about 2am now. Half awake, half sleepy. I’ve tried lying next to her cot. And sometimes just let her sleep on me before I put her back down.

I really don’t know how to break the 2am half sleepy boogie!

Can anyone else relate? I’m trying to take comfort in the fact I may not be alone!

Your defo not alone, my ds wakes at 03:45 every night for his dummy and a shhhhh. I am just thinking there's nothing we can do other than to let it play out.

If only it was the case we had to just give DD a little shhh. When she wakes, she just won’t relent until you pick her up. She’ll gradually fall back asleep again and then we can go back to bed. But it takes about an hour!
She goes down so well at bedtime. Can’t work out why it’s different in the night.
Does mean we get some cuddles though, which is nice!

It's could be that the night terrors where obviously wakening her up so now that's set her body clock to wake up a few times during the night. X

Its been on and off (mainly on!) since Xmas where she would wake. I was up with DD at 11:30 last night till 1:10am. I persisted in not picking her up and DD was happy to just lie in her cot next to me on the floor. But she was so wriggly! Despite this, I was glad to see that she went to sleep without me having to pick her up. 20 mins later, she woke again! Then we did just have to pick her up and let her drift off back to sleep. That was another hour.

This. Is. Hard.

I was the same last night, he was fine with me lying on the floor next to his cot. Tried to sneak away and the floor creekd!! Gave in and brought him in with me @ 4am x

Ha! I am glad I am not alone.
There is just no logic to it, DD settles herself at bedtime, but won't settle in the night.
I keep thinking we're doing something wrong, but I can't think what it is!
Maybe there is just no logic and I have to say DD is just a baby!

Yeah exactly they are so unpredictable, I can sometimes put my ds dwn sleepy and sometimes I need to wait till he's asleep. What's ur wee ones naps like? X

DD sleeps no more than an hour in nursery or in the pram. She only has 1 nap per day.