11 Month Old Wont Sleep Through the Night Anymore!

I have a 13 month old daughter. At around 11 months she too went through this stage. Here'e what I did...I tried not to give her a bottle. She didn't really need it. I gave her water instead of formula. I tried to just rub her back and get her to sleep without picking her up. I sang low songs and spoke in a whisper. I found that it only made it worse when I picked her up, her seperation anxiety went beserk when I left again. But the good news is she stopped within a month and now sleeps great again. Good Luck.

I wouldn't worry about it. With things like this, they are always temporary and usually coincide with major stages of development or growth. You know she is capable of sleeping through the night and/or putting herself back to sleep if she does wake in the middle of the night, she will get back to that point. The time to worry is if she has been like this all along, then you would have to teach her to sleep though the night and put herself back to sleep. It is far easier to return to something she has already mastered when the development is over than to have to learn from scratch! I would give it a little time. You are doing what you feel is right, so keep it up, and it will pass! Good luck!

A.,

My opinion is that this is pretty normal. I have a 27 month old and a 15 month old. They generally go to bed around 9:00 and wake around 8:00. They both were good sleepers until about 11 or 12 months. At that time they began waking in the middle of the night. I tried calming them, changing their diapers, playing their lullabies but nothing worked except for the bottle. This phase lasted for a few months. In fact my youngest is still occassionally waking in the middle of the night. I personally feel they were waking because they needed more food due to a growth spurt at that age as well as the fact that they both started walking at that age. I give them a snack and a drink about 1 hour before bed and it seems to help. I notice on days that I skip the snack my youngest is guaranteed to be up in the middle of the night.

While it is frustrating for us, I don't think it is anything to worry about. I would be sure to mention it to your duaghter's pediatrician at her next appointment to get his or her input.

L.

Both of mine went through periods of waking at night when they would be going through growth spurts - either physical and were needing extra calories or skill growth. Sometimes I was able to add extra calories other times in the day to help minimize needing to wake at night for food. When they were learning new skills - crawling, walking, climbing, sorting, talking, etc - it was like they just didn't have time to waste sleeping as they were so focused on learning this new thing and perfecting it that they needed to work on it 24/7. This would last a week or so and once they "conquered" the new skill, they would return to sleeping again with little intervention from us. It was annoying but temporary.

Good Luck - the interupted sleep is tough.

H.

I would try giving her a light snack (other than a bottle) before bedtime if you're not already doing it. It sounds to me that she is just going through a growth spurt and needs that little bit of extra calories to grow. If you're already giving both a bottle and a solid before bed, then you are probably gonna have to just wait it out.

Every baby is different. Have you tried letting her go and seeing if she will fall back to sleep on her own? My son just turned one and every now and then he wakes up in the middle of the night. I let him go for a while and usually heputs himself back to sleep if not i give him a bottle then he goes right back to sleep. i'm sure it's just a phase. Do you have a night light in the room? Alot of times if babies wake up in the middle of the night and it's pitch black in the room they wont fall back to sleep. My son wont sleep without a little light in the room. I would try letting her put herself back to sleep before you go running in there. Good Luck!

Hi,
I was thinking about your question. I am in the nursing field and the only thing I could think of is... Do you think she could be hungry? Is she eating enough at dinner to keep her belly full? If she is a fussy eater and doesn't eat much she might be getting hungry so when you give her the bottle she feels full and can go back to sleep. If eating is not really an issue and it still remains a problem, you can always talk to your pediatrician for their opinion. Good luck! ~Adrienne

A., my daughter, who is now three did the same thing. For Lauren it had to do with teething. She also did that when she was going through growth spurts and just needed a full tummy to help her get back to sleep. I would say not to worry for now and I hope that it will get better soon. This came in spurts for my daughter and it never lasted too long. I had a hard time adjusting to the fact that I had to get up in the night. I don't know if this was helpful or not.

This is very normal. As they grow, the 1st thing that changes is sleep patterns. She is probably having a growth spurt.

Both my daughters went through the same thing. Do you use a lullaby cd? I use one every single night with my daughters. My oldest is 5 and youngest is 2. They listen to it every night and usually by the 3rd song they are sleeping. Do you have a routine to put her down? Is there a reason why such a time difference when she goes to bed? I generally put both girls down to bed at 930, and put their cd on and thats it. It seems your daughter is getting up not necessarilay to eat but to spend time with you. She know sthat you are going to come get her and to sit up with her and to talk to her and see her. In order to help stop this you should try to scale it down every night. First by feeding her in a dark room, make sure you dont talk to her at all, make it as mudane as possible. These lat night wake ups will become boring for her and after about a week of making it shorter, no talking to her or gazing at her, just try to make it as less involved as possible.

My daughter did this too. I would reccomend letting her fall back asleep with out getting her. She needs to learn to fall back asleep on her own!
Mel

Check out the Dr. Weissbluth book - I think her bedtime is way too late unless she is getting 3 solid naps during the day. Once a baby gets so overtired, they don't look tired anymore and they cannot stay asleep. My child starting waking and we had to temporarily give her an ultra early bedtime - worked like a charm.

A.,
I have 7 and trust me sweety I know where your coming from.lol..4 girls and 3 boys...My olderst daughter and youngest seemed to do that often..If they would wake I would keep the lights off.Always have a night light on and make sure they had a bottle...I wouldnt get them out of bed but let them drink while still a bit sleepy and sit in the rocker while they ate as not to disturb them..After they where finished I would take the bottle,cover them up,and then quietly walk out of the room..Always worked..They would fall asleep within about 30 min after I left the room.Never cry.Just fall back to sleep...I think the more relaxed and dim you keep the room the better chances they'll go right back to sleep.:)

It's normal for a growing infant to need more feedings. When you do feed her in the night, keep the lights very low and NO talking. If you talk to her during her feedings at night, she might start thinking " Hey let's eat and then play!!!"

Don't worry too much now, start worring when she is 18yo and not getting home until 3:30-5am!!!