PLEASE HELP - 19 month old suddenly won't stop waking all night

[stressed2007]

I really hope that someone has some good sugestions for this as my DH and I are at the end of our tethers. Our DD (19 months) has normally been a great sleeper. Not now! For the last month she has gone to bed normal time but then wakes twice and maybe three times in the night (say at 11pm,1am and 4am). Sometimes it takes only 10 min to settle her again but other times (more often) she just won't go back down and wants to watch t.v.or start playing wih her toys (like today when she has been up from 4am until morning). We simply don't know why.

she doesn't appear to be cold but in case she is we now have the heating on low all night

she isn't hungry - she may ask for milk when she gets up but I think that is a matter of routine as sometimes she does n't ask for it and she feeds well in the day. In any event I don't think this would wake her for a second time after she has eaten once

it is not wet nappy

it should not be due to the fact she is not tired enough -she goes down at 7pmish tired and she has a full day with me or at nursery running around and burning off energy.

while we don't have a black out curtain in her room the room is dark

It does n't seem to make any difference if we put her to bed any later she still gets up
We have tried to leave her cry for a while but this tends to make her hysterical.

I think this started after she had her rubella vaccine and then she got an ear infection but that was 4 weeks ago and she just has n't settled back down. She no longer has the ear infection (got doctor to check). I have asked the doctor if they can prescribe something to settle her a bit but tey refused to give anything saying if it knocks her out it may be dangerous. Someone suggested Fennigan but the doctor said that is no stronger then calpol and unlikely to help. We have been discussing changing her diet (stopping all squash drinks, biscuits etc) which we intend to do but it seems odd that all of a sudden ths would cause her to wake up - she does n't have a lot of this kind of stuff anyway.

Please does anyone have any ideas? I am due with number 2 in 7 weeks and was n't counting on no sleep before the baby comes. This really is an impossible situation as we are so tired we can't operate during the day. Any advice/experience gratefully received

Thanks

Mel

Sorry, no advice but sympathy aplenty. Our 18 month old DD has just started crying when put to bed and waking - she's always been a great sleeper.

bump - and hoping

hi stressed, I have an almost 19 months old daughter who also wakes in the night. She has never been a great sleeper but a few weeks ago she started waking up, getting out of bed. She was crying and seemed to be upset so I got up with her the first couple of times. Once she got her own way she was fine and just wanted to play and watch tv. Once I realised that she wasn't ill or upset or anything I just decided that no way was it going to keep going so the next time she tried it I stayed in bed and she screamed and cried and tried to pull me out of bed but I stuck it out and she eventually got tired and went back into bed quietly and she has not tried it since. I think she has learned now that we don't get up in the night and there is no point in her trying it.

I've still no advice Stressed, but am happy to bump for you. We figured out why DD was waking - she has a middle ear infection and is feeling poo.

is she still in a cot?