Holy Moly! I was not prepared for this! My almost 1 year old daughter who has been sleeping just wonderfully through the night as thrown me for a major loop. She is waking up several times during the night and it is taking me up to 2 hours to get her back to sleep. In the past, If we've had a rough night I'd bring her into bed with me, nurse her and we'd all get some rest, but even my tried and true method is failing me. This morning she woke at 3:30am and was wide awake and playful! yikes!! Now, she is getting her molars, so I know that is contributing greatly to the change in sleep patterns (or possibly seperation anxiety?), but I feel totally clueless on how to handle all this. I even tried crying it out last night, which I ordinarily do not agree with, but all she did was scream for almost an hour and I could not take it!So, I'm looking for some advice, and am particularly interested in hearing from moms who don't necessarily rely on crying it out, but any advice, support would be nice right about now!
Whenever my daughter cut a molar she would get an ear infection. You may want to have her checked out by her doctor.
good luck
How is her nap? Is it longer than 2 hours? What time do you put her down for bed? Does sleep occur at the same time every day? My son lost his nap very early.
Also, several of my friends used to use homeopathic tablets for teething. Although my son usually preferred nursing to ease the pain.
Can you do a shift thing with your husband? For example, I was responsible up to 3am and my husband would take 3-7:45AM.
Good Luck!
I don't really have much advice. I am also not a cry it out person. The only thing I can say is that it is probably just a phase. My thought is that by the time you think of a method to try to get her sleeping well again that she will be over this. Some things you could try are giving her Tylenol/Motrin, putting her to bed a little later to push her wake up time later, maybe putting a toy or two in her crib so she can entertain herself for a bit when she does wake up, or just dealing with it until it goes away ;)I know this isn't great advice but I really believe it is a short phase and will go away. If you are a SAHM remember to nap when she does since you aren't getting your full sleep at night! Good luck!!!
My son did the same with his molars. Give her some Ibuprophen, give it 20 minutes to kick in by rocking her, or playing with her in a dimly lit room, then try bringing her to bed with you and nursing. My son couldn't nurse when he was having issues with his molars. It was the only thing that worked. Good luck!
I'm not sure what to tell you about the sleeping bit, but if you suspect it's teething pain that's contributing to the disruption, you might try giving her some ibuprofine before bed for a few nights. My doctor recommended this for our son and it seems to help a lot as those teeth are pushing through.
Before I even read your post I assumed molars, which cause a definite problem with sleeping. My daughter got a really running nose with her 1-yr molars, which actually led to her getting an ear infection b/c when she laid down the congestion drained into her ear. We gave her pediacare decongestant (and typically I don't do meds unless totally necessary) and motrin from there on out when she was teething, and she slept great. My friend had a similar problem wiht her little boy when he cut like 4 teeth at the same time and she also gave him pedicare and motrin and it helped immensely. THe decongestant, at least, might be a good thing to try anyway...
So sorry about the lack of sleep!!!
