After at least 5 months of sleeping straight through the night for 11-12 hours and taking long naps, my 10 month old daughter has begun sleeping less and less. She's been waking up at least once during the night every night, but she doesn't seem hungry then; she just seems to want cuddling. She's also started waking up early in the a.m. after only 9 or 10 hours of sleep, and she naps twice a day for barely an hour each time. She still doesn't have teeth, but I don't see any signs of teething. Does anyone know if this is normal?
The change of seasons does funky things to sleep patterns.
Then again, just when you think they have a pattern, they change. They're crazy like that! :)
C.,
I have a 3 yr old girl who had colick and now a 9mo old boy w/ severe reflux. So we've had our fair share of sleep problems. This probably isn't exactly helpful, but they all go through different phases and their sleep patterns will never stay exactly the same. Naps tend to be more difficult, but when she wakes at night after 9 hours you might try two things. First is let her cry a bit to see if she'll fall back asleep on her own. Second would be to keep things quiet and dark and offer her a little bottle and put her right back down. She'll still probably cry some, but may sleep another couple of hours for you. I will say, when nighttime sleep is off, it tends to throw naps off as well.
Good luck
L.
She sounds perfectly normal to me. It is also perfectly ok to just cuddle her in the middle of the night if she needs it. Enjoy her while she is little. It goes by so quickly
Hi C.! I think it is normal for your daughter's sleep to change over time. I am experiencing the same thing with my 4 month old. He was sleeping through the night and has now decided to wake 1 or 2 times a night and I have a hard time getting him to nap more than an hour.
I have a two year old that woke quite a bit for a long time but now sleeps through the night so it does get better :)
I'm glad that I am not alone! :) My ten month old has been waking frequently also, I feel like I have a newborn again. He did get his very first two teeth last week, and was extremely cuddly for three days. They came through very quickly, with no external signs except for the clinginess and being a little harder to console.
Good Luck!
D.
All kinds of sleeping patterns happen. For one i wouldn't let the waking up and cuddling happen. I would put a stop to it. She might be waking up because she's used to waking up and you giving her that. As far as waking up early I'm not sure what you mean by early. Waking up at about 6:30 or 7am is about the norm for children until they are about 8yrs old or even older. It's ok for that because it will help them in their school years. Any earlier i would walk in check on her and walk out. Don't make a fuss, don't touch or even talk to her. That gives an indication there is some good reason she's awake.
I hope it's normal, my two guys did the same thing. ;) I think part of it has to do with separation anxiety. Do you see any other signs during the day? (Wanting to be held more, clinging to you more, etc.) Even if it doesn't happen during the day, I think that may be part of the waking at night. You could go in and rub her back, or her eyebrows... yes, eyebrows. It sometimes works wonders. Try not to pick her up, and if she cries when you leave, you might see just how long she'll cry. Sometimes my 20 month old will cry to get me back in the room, but if I just go back to bed, he cries for only a few minutes... 6 is his max. Oddly enough, he doesn't wake his brother in the next room with the door wide open!
Teething is a definite maybe as well. ;) My guys seemed to have pain for the longest time before any teeth actually poked through.
Good luck. Keep the faith. ;)
~J.
Just let he stay up in the daytime with no naps and then see how she sleeps at night. My oldest really was not a nap person but she has always slept for 11-12 hours at night
Completely and utterly normal.
