Not sleeping Thru the Night Anymore

Amanda - posted on 09/29/2011

My 2 year old has been doing this for the past few weeks. He had a seizure 3 weeks ago and he stopped breathing and went blue because he had vomited while seizuring and choked on it. and had to stay the night in the hospital. I of course kept him in my room for the first few nights home. and now he wakes in the middle of the night and wants to sleep with us. I feel bad for him because he has just been thru a traumatic experiance but I also don't want him to get into the habit of sleeping with us. also before all of this happend he slept thru the night everynight . should I just let it slide until he forgets about all this or is he just geytting into the habit????

Cassandra - posted on 05/28/2010

Your child is regressing. Has something traumatic happened recently to them or in the family? Has a new baby been introduced into the family? I'm graduating from nursing school next month and I am focusing my studies on Growth & Development/ Maternity. Regression is common in children of all ages, and is usually attributed to a traumatic experience. Reccomendations are to reassure, not give in, and compromise. For example, my 4 year old daughter has regressed a bit and doesn't want to sleep in her big girl bed either. I compromise with her and say that I will read 3 books with her in her bed, leave the door open, and leave the living room light on (where I'll be), but after those three books are done, it's bedtime, and she has to sleep in her own bed. She can cry if she wants, but I don't give in and let her crawl into bed with me. If you let them get their way, you'll never get them to sleep on their own, and that's only hurting their growth as an individual. Good luck.

Kristy - posted on 06/04/2009

having same issue with our daughter, she has woke up in the middle of the night multiple times every single night since sleeping in her toddler bed in January! She ends up in our bed by the second or third wake up and it's something I wish I knew how to change. I'm due in 3 weeks and I know it will be even harder to get her to sleep on her own all night long.

Marie - posted on 04/11/2009

I'm going through the same thing Noah gets up any where from 1am to 5am and come to my bed and I can't get him out, I think he is pottying in his pull up and it is waking him up ~ and of course he doesn't lay on dad he has to be right up mom's crack ~ Marie

Ann - posted on 04/08/2009

It happens to me from time to time...I put up a gate and let her cry it out again.. after about a week she goes back to self soothing herself..... its hard, but it works like a charm everytime.

Ashley - posted on 03/25/2009

don't worry i am going through the same thing to. but i just moved to a new house so it can be a number of things why your child is waking up in the middle of the night. if they child is feeling stressed, feeling hungry, has to go the bathroom, and some many other things. is he getting alot of mommy and me time? but i hope he starts sleeping through the night again soon!

Jolita - posted on 03/24/2009

I am going through the same thing right now.  I kept being told it was "night terrors" but I know it's not. She's fully awake and once I go in there, she's fine.  She mostly just says her covers are "messed up" and I need to "fix them" or something silly like that.  I think she's just afraid that I'm not here or something.  She's been getting better, but she'll still do it every once in awhile.  I wish I had some advice for you, but I'm still trying to figure out what's going on.

J - posted on 03/15/2009

Hi,

I haven't heard that you need to retrain your child to sleep thru the night. My son has been waking up in the past few weeks, too. Usually 4 or 5 a.m.. His typical response is that he wants his blankets put back on him (though I think a few times he was dreaming, & talking in his sleep). My daughter (5) used to do this, too, so maybe (hopefully!) it's just a phase they are going through. I do put his blankets back on him, though I'm thinking I need to teach him to do it for himself, so I don't have to get up every time that happens!