For two weeks now my husband I have been struggling with our daughter at night for sleep. She will go to sleep but two hours later she is awake and restless which leads to tossing and turning. She was doing really well sleeping through the night by herself. I don't know if she is having health issues. If anyone has some advice we are looking for it. Thanx
My almost 3 year old did that same thing about a month ago. After a few weeks I called his dr and told them all of his seemingly mild symptoms (waking at night, not napping normally, cranky, decreased appetite) and the first thing they said was pimworms! Sure enough he had it. It is simple to treat and they can get it from any number of places and is very common in kids 2-12. Call your dr and good luck!
It sounds like she could be going through a growth spurt or teething. It will probably just end soon on it's own. My son would do that for about a week then go back to normal.
She's probably not "testing you" if she is restless and tossing and turning. She sounds like she's in pain or something is bothering her. I wouldn't add making her cry to the mix because that's going to make her even more restless and irritated and just compound the problem. She'll get back to normal soon. Does she sleep in bed with you? Both my kids do and it's a life saver on those restless nights. Hang in there!
Hi C.,
I feel for you. I went through that LAST WEEK. I almost wrote into Mamasource for advice too.
My daughter was waking up and wanted to be in bed with us. I am pretty sure it was her teeth, but who knows. Phases happen. I can't let her cry it out when she is really upset because she calls for "mama" and I feel like I am letting her down if I don't go to her. So I went to her room (determined NOT to bring her to bed with me) I rocked her, sang to her and soothed her. When she fells asleep I put her back in her bed. She Screamed for about 45 minutes after that (while I was holding her). It was awful. She truly scared me. The next night I did the same thing and she didn't wake up when I put her back down in her bed. (I also used the Humphreys #3 teething tablest that night) It got better and by Friday, she would wake up call me once and then fall asleep on her own.
It seemed like weeks because there were a couple of sleepless nights in there where I vowed not to give in. THat meant that I sat in a rcker for a long time. But she seems to be fine now.
Last night I got 7 uninterrupted hours of sleep!!!
Sorry I wasn't much help in the advice area, but I wanted you to know tht you aren't alone and that it should get better! I hope everything works out for you.
This is my guess but I think your daughter is testing you. I presume you are talking about your one year old. If you are picking her up when she cries she will get more and more stubborn. I know its hard but the best thing to do is to ignore her. If you cant ignore her then go into her room, let her see you and walk out again, first time leave her to cry 5 minutes, then 10 minutes, then 15 minutes. You may have a bad night but it should not take her more than a couple of nights to realise that you are the boss. This happened with both of my children and they quickly learned to sleep through again.
