11 month old sleeping patterns at night - why is it changing????

[Michelle_N]

Hi All,

Just a question about my darling little 11 month old boy and his sudden change now to waking up two or three times a night.

He used to be so great....put him down at 7.30pm....wake at 6.00am but now over the last week he has been waking up throughout the night bright eyed and bushy-tailed....and I really dont feel like playing at 2.30 in the morning!

He doesnt seem cold/hot. He hasnt been teething overly much - as in not enough to bother him at all during the day. Hes not hungry so I am just not sure why he is waking up!

So have other bubs gone through the same thing? Changing sleeping patterns and do they go back to they way they once were or do I now have to cope with this new pattern??

Thanks!!

Michelle

[giggles]

Riding on your coat tails for this one.

Major sleep patter changes in my 9.5 month old too.........

Although, if you read back, I had sleep pattern changes at 6 months too :o

Does someone have the magic solution to all things sleep related?

[Michelle_N]

I saw your post too and had to have a chuckle.....its good to know that others are going through the same thing but I do feel your pain as well! :laughing:

Maybe this is just a 'thing' these babies go through?

But can you imagine if you did have the magic solution? You would be a millionaire! :D

Michelle

[Mamaduke]

I do...Phenergan!!!
No...I'm just kidding (although way back our family doctor prescribed it for me because I didn't have a full night's sleep until I went to school...how did my mother do it?)
Michelle, your little one might be starting to realise that there are way better things to do than sleep all night. You could also try cutting his day time sleeps, not all together, but just less. I know with Lukey that if I let him, he'll sleep for 3 hours, but then wake at around midnight ready for the day!
Try changing his daytime nap/s and see if that works.
By the way...love the playgym you've got your little boy in. Lukey had one exatly the same...you're gonna cry the day he decides he doesn't want to stay in there anymore!!!

[giggles]

What do you think is a good day time nap.......1hr, 1hr and a half?

I will get on top of this gosh dammit!!!

(She says through half closed, bloodhsot eyes :laughing: )

[Mamaduke]

What do you think is a good day time nap.......1hr, 1hr and a half?

I will get on top of this gosh dammit!!!

(She says through half closed, bloodhsot eyes :laughing: )

Depends on what they're having now. I started off by waking Lukey after 1 to 1.5 hours of sleep (depending on what I was in the middle of in the house!) He still now (and he's almost 2) has one nap a day and sleeps for 1.5 hours - I found that any less than that he was too grumpy to eat dinner because he was over-tired. It probably won't work straight away (sleeping through the night) because they have a routine now (of waking in the night) but persevere (easier said than done!).

[Michelle_N]

Thanks Mamaduke. I thought about cutting out one of his day sleeps but its so hard when he is so tired and cranky that I just have to put him down. He probably only sleeps for 2 to 2.5 hours (over two sleeps).

Like Justcooked I guess we just have to persevere...just makes it hard working part-time and trying to change his routines....but we will give it a go!

And yes I will cry when he wont go in his playgym anymore! Its so damn handy...especially when you have to have a shower! :)

Cheers,

Michelle

[~Emmylou~]

My dd has been a fantastic sleeper from birth - 12 hours a night, every night since about 8 weeks old.
She had a phase at nine months of waking which lasted about two weeks.
Then she was fine, and back to 12 hours a night until the next phase which we're going through now. She was sick recently and went into hospital so she's been out of whack for a few weeks while that was all going on. Now she's better she has continued waking, once a night at about 2.30ish :rolleyes:

Even good sleepers will have problems now and then, even if they are only for a few nights or a week.

When this happens we just stick to the familiar routine that she knows, no matter what. We just keep at it and eventually she settles down. I think you should just keep doing what you normally do, if you know there is nothing wrong with him, and eventually he will get the hint ;)