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[missameliah]

Daughter seems to be currently in a regression/ split nights/ teething - we have no idea. Previously a great sleeper, has now been struggling for the last 5 weeks. Completely broken due to lack of sleep to the point of feeling quite ill. Previous routine (up to 12 months) was as follows;

Wake up - 6/6:30am
First nap - 9:30 to 11am ish
Second nap - 2:30 to 3pm
Bedtime - 7pm
Asleep by - 7:30/ 7:45pm

What am I doing wrong? Afternoon nap has only ever been 30 minutes (contact nap/ car seat/ pram). Morning nap is also a contact nap, will not sleep in the day in her cot but does at night. Recently started climbing (stairs/ sofa/ anything really) and has been walking since 10.5 months.

Really have no idea what to do, she goes to sleep easily enough (bedtime routine has been the same since 6 months- bath, bottle, cuddle, sleep, into her cot).

Any help greatly appreciated.

Forgot to say - she’s been waking up between 12am and 3am and struggling to go back to sleep; also waking occasionally at 10pm but goes right back to sleep, same if she wakes at 5am - it’s just the 12am -3am cycle she seems to be struggling with. Always give her 15 minutes to see if she self settles again (which she used to do).

Mine had hideous growth spurts at this age, it's verbal development I believe. I called it wakey play baby, they were awake and looking for fun.
You've been lucky untill now.
Dd, who was the most spurty of my 2 is now 11 and is awake (and woke me up) because she slept at 9pm and woke at 1am. She'll hopefully get some more sleep before school and hopefully be quiet enough that I can too. From age 4- 10 she did ofter sleep for an unbroken 11 hours, but sleep isn't a linear development.

Thanks for the reply @TheLurpackYears - while she struggles to go back to sleep, she doesn’t seem to want to be awake if that makes sense? She’s nodding off, then waking up but seems frustrated to be awake.

Thanks @HangryLurker that sounds good, I’ll look into the tea. And thank you for the kind words!

I will try push back the morning nap to see if it helps at night, but unfortunately the afternoon naps are always only 30 mins, even when she was very small - we joke that there’s no need to set an oven timer if she’s having a nap in the afternoon as after 30 mins she’ll be up and about!

Very good, this is important for a deep sleep. Take advantage of this to do something useful for your baby! @Block Blast

I’ve been going through this at the moment with my 12 month old and would describe it exactly the same as you, awake for hours but not playful just unable to drop back off.

I have recently tried cutting back nap time so he has 40 minutes in the morning now instead of an hour and an hour in the afternoon. Bedtime has also been pushed back which he seems happier with. May be fluke but we had some better nights so 🤷🏻‍♀️

let me know if you find the magic answer 😅