WHY is my 10mo waking every 2h?????

[mrsflux]

As above. He goes to sleep fine and not a peep till 12ish then it's every 2h or less moaning.
Usually there's nothing wrong other than wriggling out of blankets or losing monkey.
It was fine when he was a new born as I could nap but I'm back at work and it's driving me slowly mad!

Is this a new thing, or is this what he has always done?

No it's pretty new. Probably a couple of weeks. He used to much better and I'd only usually be up once and that'd be a easy shhh pat job.

If you find the answer tell me because that sounds just like my DS (91/2 mo). Goes to sleep fine, sleeps well until midnight/1sh and then up and down rest of the night. Even boob doesn't settle him anymore.

We might have got out of the ssshh pat habit while I was ill in jan. We've also been messing with hid naps to try and fix early waking so all of this is probably at fault.
I'm going back to ssshh pat and seeing what happens unless I get any better suggestions.

For us, this usually seems to be related to new teeth being on the move. Seems like he is in discomfort but just enough to disturb him but not fully wake him? It can sometimes be a few weeks before we actually see the teeth.

Could this be the case for your DS maybe?

Otherwise could be a bit overtiredness accumulating if his day sleep is different these days?

And if shhh/pat works, go for it! You can always phase it out bit by bit.

Hmmm. We usually get loads of dribble with teeth. And I mean LOADS! Not sure bout that although he has had gummy bumps where teeth might be arriving fir a while.

The over tiredness could be a thing, trouble is too much day sleep and he won't go down or will be up at 5. Too little and he is v unhappy!

This is complicated!

I'm going to try nurofen tonight. Maybe it's silent teething?!?!? He is better at drinking from his beaker so maybe he's learntvto swallow the dribble instead of leaving it on me????

Things are not improving and I'm getting V sick of dh doing nothing to help other than suggesting we put him in our bed which is a short term fix for what feels like a very long term problem.

My DH does the exact same thing. Problem is that it's not him who has DS clawing at his shirt for milk the entire night when he's in our bed!

We didn't have nearly as much dribble with the molars as the other teeth. Just misery! If your DS has 8 teeth (or even if not quite 8 teeth) and big lumps towards the back of his gums, I bet you it is molars causing his woes.

Try nurofen and if it helps, then at least you'll know.

We had 6 weeks of really bad sleep with the molars. Used nurofen often, but didn't want to give it every night so also just suffered. Things kind of peaked as the teeth were actually breaking through (he had blood blisters and seemed so so uncomfortable) and then as soon as the little points came through, he went back to sleeping well (RELATIVELY well, I should say).

Though just remembered that he is only 10 months - would be early for molars, but not crazy early I guess. But could be other teething causing misery too!

Also, if it is teeth bothering him, you may find he is more tired than he used to be during the day. I didn't realise this and my DS was a clingy mess for a couple of weeks until I let him sleep a bit longer for his naps than I had been. He seemed to be glad for the extra rest and the nights got better too. Then once he was suffering less with the teeth, he went back to sleeping less during the day (i.e. needing to be woken from naps).

Just a couple of other thoughts - do you use a sleeping bag/grobag to avoid the wriggling out of blankets problem? And to avoid the losing monkey problem, we put up cot bumpers (just a cheap fabric thing from Ikea that ties onto the cot bars).

Other thought is that if he is moaning in his sleep, but still asleep and not actually needing anything, could you pop in some earplugs?? I do this because DH can sleep through the moaning, but will wake if it turns to crying (he then rolls over enough to tell me that DS is crying so I can go to him, but that is another story!).

momormum he does have bumps where molars should be so maybe they're coming early.
We don't do grobags as I think he's so keen on climbing once he's awake he'll trip in it and hurt himself.
Monkey never goes far, just out of arms reach iyswim.
I could try ear plugs but I tend to get ear ache from them.

I think I mostly just wish dh would get his lazy butt out of bed rather than playing dead. I KNOW he can hear it!

Yes, it's not crazy early for molars. Ours started just before 12 months and then cut through just past 13 months. If you can see the bumps, that is a sure sign that things are on the move! I get the sense that the molars and canines cause quite a big of jaw ache/mouth pain long before they appear.

Hope the nurofen gives a bit of respite for tonight at least!

Also, if he doesn't seem to even be awake during these episodes I wouldn't even go in, personally. Sometimes I think I disturb my DS more by rushing in and picking him up when he is actually fully asleep!

Re: the blanket situation...have you tried those fleecey PJs you put over top of normal PJS instead of a blanket? So vest, normal cotton pyjamas, thick fleecey pyjamas? I've heard people say these are good for warmth when the blankets come off.

The lazy DH situation - other than elbowing him and yelling at him to get up, which I do often, I don't have any wise suggestions!

i've seen suggestion of a spare blanket online somewhere so gonna use one of his tiddly baby blankets for when he wriggles free from the big one.