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10 month old suddenly waking in the night

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Charlotteandme · 12/05/2020 10:16

Hi all, looking for advice!

My 10 month old DD has begun waking in the middle of the night. She was previously a good sleeper and would easily go from 8:30pm - 7am with no problems.

She recently began getting 4 more teeth, 2 of which have come through the gum and the other 2 on the cusp.

During her teething, she would wake up at about 1/2am, screeching to high heaven and was inconsolable until we offered Calpol and a bottle. No amount of rocking/other soothing would help!
She then seemed to go back to normal, stirring just few times in the night (to find her dummy) and would get herself back off to sleep.

However the past few nights, she has been waking in the night again and won’t go back to sleep unless we feed and rock her, which can take up to 2 hours. I should point out though that she only wakes once and once back asleep, she will go through til 7-8am.

She is perfectly happy during the day and usually takes a 1 - 2 hour mid-morning nap and a shorter afternoon nap, however her afternoon sleep has also changed and is now often much shorter.

She has recently learned how to pull herself up to (almost) standing and I wonder if this may have something to do with it?

Any advice/recommendations would be greatly appreciated, as I go back to work tomorrow!

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addictedtotheflats · 12/05/2020 10:23

There is a sleep regression around 8-10 months so it could be that. Has she recently started crawling or walking? Development can also cause night waking. Just continue with what you are doing and it should hopefully pass in a couple of weeks (from experience). Having said that it could be her teeth aswell. My DS regressed from 6-10 months and was waking every hour for months. Hes eventually come out the other side at 12 months and sleep much better now. Good luck. Plus you would be surprised on how little sleep you can manage on at work by keeping busy, plus LOTS of coffee!!

YouJustDoYou · 12/05/2020 10:28

Children go through sleep regressions at different stages of their early years as They grow, learn, their little brains begin to get more active etc. This is a phase that will eventually pass, and then you'll find yourself in another waking phase and another and another. Just be there for them, help them learn to get back to sleep.

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