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How can I help my very nearly one year old sleep through? Not CC...

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DeJaVousdoo · 27/10/2008 08:56

DD isn't really that bad a sleeper but things have changed recently and I'm pregnant again too, so the broken sleep is harder to deal with now.

She usually settles her self to sleep fine at bedtime (between 7 and 8) but she wakes at 1, 4 and 6 before getting up at 7ish.

Until recently she needed to BF each time, which I didn't mind. Over the last couple of weeks things have changed, she still feeds at 1, but at 4 and 6 she just wakes up and cries. The last few nights the 4 o clock session has lasted an hour before she's happy to settle herself to sleep again. She doesn't seem to need anything, which makes it hard to deal with.

I wouldn't mind night weaning if that's necessary, but TBH she seems to be doing it herself. In fact I think that's what's causing the problem...

Can anyone give me any tips or tricks to stop her waking when she doesn't need to feed?

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bubblagirl · 27/10/2008 12:58

is she teething could her back teeth be paying up? havre covers come off feeling cold etc

my ds woke at the same times every night

i found slice of toast right before bed and milk and then a dream feed when i went to bed done the trick

maybe when doing dream feed pop in small amount of bonjela and calpol and maybe will settle her enough to stay asleep i used to do this and eventually the habit of waking stopped

do you have night light on in her room maybe put few musical toys in cot so she can see thewm and play and keep herself occupied also used to leave cup of water in ds cot so he could feed himself when woke all these things helped alot with him settling himself back off

apart from that i have no advise im afraid as we all wake throught he night but havce the skills to settle ourselves back off something samll children learn to do so maybe the toys and keeping herself occupied would be enough for her to eventually lay back down and go to sleep on her own good luck and congrtas on pregnancy

bubblagirl · 27/10/2008 12:59

sorry for typos i never seem to do any better must type slower lol

GColdtimer · 27/10/2008 13:03

Am running out of the door but just wanted to say "The no cry sleep solution for toddlers and pre-schoolers" is really good if you don't want to cc. I got lots of ideas from it - it does take some committment though and it isn't a quick fix.

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DeJaVousdoo · 27/10/2008 20:14

Oops, totally forgot I'd started this! Thanks bubblagirl and twofalls

I don't think pain or hunger is the problem. We eat between 6 and 7 and she goes to bed between 7 and 8 (with bf). I've tried giving her paracetamol a couple of times, just in case, but it didn't help.

She does have toys in her cot, but doesn't like a light, she prefers to sleep in a totally dark room. TBH she very rarely plays in her cot and if I were just to leave her when she woke she would just cry and cry and cry

I'll see what I can find about The no cry sleep solution, I've heard of it but I haven't got the foggiest what it entails.

I really don't know what to do. DP has started saying that she's got a Sleep Problem FFS. That is at least as tiring as DDs waking...

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hiccymapops · 27/10/2008 20:21

I used the no cry sleep solution too, it's by Elizabeth Pantly (or Pantley) My son has always been a terrible sleeper, and we still have a few night wakenings, but the book really helped us.

Hope things improve

luvaduck · 27/10/2008 20:44

isn't the no cry book for toddlers and children from age 2?

the no cry ss for babies better for 1 year olds.

correct me if i'm wrong

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DeJaVousdoo · 27/10/2008 20:49

Am confused now, are there two no cry books?

Do I really need to read a whole book? Does nobody have tips? I love reading and my reading time is extremely limited and very precious to me.

Surely DP isn't right? I don't see how waking a so few times a night can be a proper Sleep Problem

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hiccymapops · 27/10/2008 20:56

I got the one for babies i think it went into toddlerhood too.

I don't think waking a few times a night is a sleep problem, from what i gather from friends, even good sleepers go through stages. It's completely normal Now my monster does have issues

ches · 28/10/2008 02:04

She is probably still going through separation anxiety.

wavetothewottingers · 29/10/2008 21:06

No help as such - or in fact at all. But just wanted to say my DD who is just one, does this too and we co-sleep. So at 4 every morning we have screaming, crying adn DD roaming around the bed, flopping first over me and then DP, she just can't seem to get herself right and nothing we do helps. Am very lazy, hence the co-sleepign so am clinging to the 'it's just a phase' matra. Think it may be teeth, she's not really herself at the moment - very clingy all day.

breakfastinbed · 29/10/2008 23:26

Sorry i can't help either but just wanted to say how relieved i was to hear WavetotheW's description of her DD who sounds exactly like my DS of 11 months. (Each night two hours awake and screaming/playing/hurling himself over me plus numerous other wakes and feeds). It's not that i'm pleased at your misfortune Wave and Deja, but you know how it can be a relief to know that you're not the only one...

By the way what do you (or your DP) mean by a Sleep Problem? I'd quite like someone to diagnose an official SP. -Maybe it would lead to a treatment...?

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