So recently I posted questions about one of my twin girls not sleeping. We got through that and everyone slept well for about 3 weeks. Now it has started again. One of the girls (25 months) is waking up crying. Sometimes she comes to get me and sometimes she just lays in her bed and cries. Her diaper also seems to be leaking a lot at night. We have tried the Pampers night time and Huggies Night time but they are waking up soaked. The other twin is wet too but she sleeps all night. So is this just ANOTHER phase we have to endure? Sometimes she says she is scared and other times she doesn't say anything. I go in and comfort her and she goes right back to sleep. Sometimes I do listen and let her cry for a minute but I can tell with her if it is a "going back to sleep" or "coming to get you" cry. What do you think?
Well first, I did change to the Huggies overnights instead of the pampers. I also am reducing the amount of water they get before bed. This has been very helpful. They still wake up occasionally wet so when I get more diapers, I am going to go up in size and see if that helps. She is still waking up at night but not as often every night. Her twin sleeps through it all. So I am giving her a moment to get settled back down. She almost acts as though she is just mad she woke up. I have been talking to her about what she needs to do when she wakes up. So hopefully this will help. Thanks for your advice.
I found that when diapers leaked at night, going up a size helped. Other than that, I always operated under the assumption that everything was a phase at that age. Toddlers change so quickly and so much that very little becomes permanent. It also helped me cope with difficult behaviors to thing that they were "just a phase" and that it wouldn't last.
Stay strong... more than likely this too shall pass. hth
You need to get up and change them. If they are wetting overnight they are uncomfortable. Just because they can sleep wet doesn't mean they should. If you don't want them to be so wet at night, stop giving liquid after 6 and only a small amount after 5pm.
I also started putting a incontence pad in our daughter's generic diapers and they really helped a lot. I started with the highest absorbancy and put it right at the front of her diaper as she sleeps mostly on her stomach. It didn't seem to help us to give her less liquid and I think the diapers may just not have been able to absorbe fast enough in the right places. So give the Poise pads a try!
I had big problems with Huggies leaking on my girl. I threw in the towel and bought the target brand because of cost and went up a size. she has never had a leaky one since. Also dont give too many liquids before bed that way the wont wet as much during the night.
we have a nightlight and a few (about 7) toys in our LO's bed...When she started to wake up at 2 years old, we started to pray with her..when she would lay down we would teach her a prayer...then when she woke up..our night waking visits got really short because we layed her back down and had her pray again. I think she woke up only 2 more times. ours was afraid of monsters. ...but having her pray seemed to work. I have always waited a min of 5 min before going in her room too.
Good luck
My 21/2 year old daughter (ironically a twin as well) isn't a great sleeper either. She goes through phases, like your daughter, where she will sleep great and then will be waking at night for unknown reasons. I, like you, don't always rush in but I know the difference between the tired cry and the cry of "I'm having a tough time sleeping" cry. I often wonder if my daughter has bad dreams sometimes, because she'll wake up crying for reasons I can't figure out. Other times, I can tell she just is having a rough nights sleep.... tossing and turning, restlessness, and can't fall back asleep. Even as adults we all have occasional nights like these! I don't have any advice to stop your daughter from waking up at night, but the attitude I try to take (and I know its tough not to get frustrated because interupted sleep stinks!) is "she's just having a bad night of sleep". As far as the wet diapers, I limit the amount of liquids my kids have after dinner. A little bit of water is fine if they are thirsty, but we don't do cups of milk (for example) during story time before bed. You will notice a huge difference in their diapers in the morning and you will also appreciate this new routine once potty training begins! Best wishes and hang in there!
we always go up a size in the overnight diapers to prevent leaking
