Help my baby girl keeps waking during the night

LeToya - posted on 06/26/2010

GOD YES! my son will wake up and whimper then go back to sleep.....whimper again sit up and go back to sleep. he does this for about 30 mins then he out the rest of the night. i thought it was just me

AnnMarie - posted on 06/25/2010

Hi all i just wanted to say a very big thank u as she is finallysleeping through again weve just kept doing what we do and shes rewarding me with awesum much needed sleep its also good to know when ur not the only one so thanks :)

Lucy - posted on 06/24/2010

This is reassuring to read this as i am having exactly the same problem. My little girl is 13 months old and used to sleep lovely 07.30am-06.30am with no waking up in between. For the last week she has been a nightmare, waking up all over the place and not wanting to go down! We cant seem to understand what is wrong. She has is walking and if she had her way would be running around all night ha ha. I am going to try the bottle of juice in her cot and see if that helps but any other suggestions would be really helpful. ps - tried the paracetomol that didnt have any affect! HELP

Emily - posted on 06/23/2010

If she's not crying much (like it sounded from what you said) and is putting herself back to sleep, it should sort itself out soon. It is probably the teething. It could also be that she has either just hit or is about to hit a big milestone (like walking) or a growth spurt. Sometimes they want to practice their new skill so much they wake up to do it. This is usually short lived as well. I wouldn't worry about waking the newborn up. He'll be sleeping in short spurts anyway, and a lot of babies can sleep through almost anything. He's heard her crying from in the womb, so he should be used to it already. It is part of his normal environment.

Aimee - posted on 06/23/2010

Mine does the same thing occasionally. Usually when she's getting new teeth. Is she getting any right now? We let her cry too b/c she usually settles down after a minute but sometimes she needs one of us to go in and cuddle her and then she goes right back to sleep. Maybe you could get some Hyland's teething tablets and go give her one? We do that too, and it puts her right back to sleep.
Be prepared for more night waking when the new LO comes along (congrats, by the way) b/c her schedule will probably be out of whack for a while and you may have to work on getting her to sleep again. I know that sounds discouraging but you sound like you are doing the right thing and it will pass.

Chantelle - posted on 06/23/2010

My son is just 13 months and started doing the same thing about a month ago. He was a great sleeper - 7pm to 7am and on a routine so I wasn't sure what had changed. A friend told me he might be getting thirsty, so I popped a non spill cup in the corner of his cot, it took a couple of nights for me to get him to find it, but now he is sleeping through again, and the cup is only about half full when he gets up at 7.00am, so he must be waking, drinking and going back to sleep.
Hope this helps.

Diphera - posted on 06/22/2010

my bub is exactly the same age, 13 months and she does the same though she does not walk around but she wakes up, sit upright and makes the funny cry sounds and after an hours or so then she goes back to sleep, it is disturbing but ignoring her works. maybe they find morning taking too much time to come for them while they want to play, because my bub likes playing a lot.

Yvette - posted on 06/22/2010

Hey there, congrats on your new arrival! You are doing the right thing, you could always give her some paracetamol for her teething if you feel right about that, but there would be no point in doing it till she wakes the first time (would've worn off otherwise!). Personally I would leave it as she is doing a great job of self soothing.

Little kids have a knack for sleeping through noise of siblings, my first two were 16 months apart and my elder child would miss all the drama of the second one's night wakings! They shared a room and I was always amazed at her ability to sleep through the racket he was creating (and that continued for 2 years). If she is affected by the noise you could try playing some soft music in her room at night - white noise is great for covering unwanted sounds. I used a thunderstorm track which worked well and was soothing for her. It was also easy to discontinue as it was a natural sound, we just reduced the amount of time it was played each night, then went to every couple of nights - you get the picture.

I wish you all the best for your new arrival and hope you have one of those who sleeps through at 8 weeks - I know how busy you are going to be! I have six children now so kids close together didn't stop me, but sleep issues are very challenging if you don't cope well with them. I'm sure you will do great.