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11 month old waking randomly in the night for 3 hours WHY?!

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pickleparent147 · 29/10/2021 10:09

So I’m looking for any suggestions as to why this might happen and how to fix it please!!!
For the last 3 nights my 11 month old dd has been waking and crying between 12 and about 3. She doesn’t want milk, or if she does it doesn’t help her go back to sleep. She is dribbly so wondered about teeth but calpol made no difference and if anything she seemed more awake after that. No temperature. No poo. Room not too hot as far as I could tell. Happy to fall asleep in your arms but then can’t be put down. Not crying the whole time, only if she’s left or ignored so I don’t think she’s in pain.
After 3 hours the night before last she eventually went off with me lying on the floor next to her cot.
Two possible causes I thought of besides teeth - 1. She does struggle a bit with pooing, so wonder if she needed to go and couldn’t, but not a lot of wind, no straining, and on one of the days she was up like this she had done a poo and was still unhappy. 2. Milk - we are trying to swap her to cows milk. She has had milk on cereal etc before this so not the first time she’s had to digest it. We mixed it with formula for a day or two but then she seemed happy to drink it straight off so we swapped it. Could it be hurting her tummy to digest? Tempted to go back to formula but she starts at a childminder and I go back to work in 3 days so would rather not Confused

All advice appreciated! Anyone else had the same experience? 3 days before I have to appear to function like a normal human being and I’ve had less sleep than when she was newborn !!!

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SpangoDweller · 29/10/2021 10:26

At the same age we had this - look up split nights. It lasted about 4-5 weeks and i seem to remember is a fairly common sleep regression. Teething was happening at the same time so we did give a lot of calpol but made sure that any awake time in the night was boring - stayed in his room & cuddled/chatted, but dim light and no playing. It did mean sitting with him whilst he gurgled and sang to himself in the cot, but after a while he started sleeping through again and that was it. I also offered water as a drink, not milk.

MilkywayMonarch22 · 29/10/2021 12:28

We had this around 11/12 months when I returned to work 🤦🏾‍♀️ nothing worked but we just made sure we kept her routine the same and DH went in instead of me a lot of the time and offered water, as she would want to breastfeed all night if it was me and would go crazy if I tried to leave.

We've just had it again but on steroids now she's 14 months - apparently there's a regression around 12-15 months too!

FATEdestiny · 29/10/2021 21:26

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FATEdestiny · 29/10/2021 21:38

Ay up, what's up with my post? Is anyone else seeing "$message.getViewNonQuoteSection($liu)" written there, or is it just me?!

pickleparent147 · 29/10/2021 23:13

Thank you all!
The split night suggestion does totally fit, but not sure which reason fits her. Definite starting point though! I’ve taken her off the cows milk for today just to see if there’s a difference, but I’m actually thinking teeth might be at the root of it too (she bit her brother today, and was a bit dribbly and whingey). So this eve she has had formula and a dose of calpol at bedtime and we will see if it makes a difference. Really appreciate all the ideas and glad to know it’s not just me that’s been through this!

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pickleparent147 · 29/10/2021 23:13

@FATEdestiny yup it’s showing up weird

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TooBigForMyBoots · 29/10/2021 23:16

Because she loves you and knows that you are missing her in the middle of the night.Grin

mobear · 29/10/2021 23:22

We also had this at 11 months. We’re on the tail end of it at 12 months. I assumed it was some kind of sleep regression. DC had slept through from birth until this so I feel like it was overdue!

chocopuffs · 30/10/2021 05:38

Following with interested as my 11mo is currently waking up loads at night, either moaning or sitting up and shouting out. She used to be a great sleeper and I'm a bit worried about how tired she must be during the day at the moment!

Alwaystired99 · 30/10/2021 08:22

My daughter is almost 1 and for the past few weeks has been doing this too. She used to be a brilliant sleeper but now is up multiple times which isn't great now I'm back at work. I'm hoping it's a developmental thing and soon she'll be back to sleeping through as this is exhausting!

chocopuffs · 30/10/2021 09:52

@Alwaystired99 same! I'm due back at work soon and starting to get a bit worried. It's hard when you've had a taste of the good life Grin

poppyseeds13 · 30/10/2021 22:27

I had exactly the same when my daughter was about 10 months old. It probably lasted a few weeks and seemed to stop around the time she started walking! But it definitely felt forever at the time and so exhausting. So I have no tips, sorry, but you aren't alone! And she just stopped doing it as quickly as she started doing it.

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