9.5 month old not sleeping

[mylittletwins]

I have 9.5 month old twin boys, who are wonderful during the day but at night they both wake up during the night, one twin is worse than the other. I did the sleep school and it worked well as they now dont rely on milk any more at night but over the last couple of weeks T2 has been waking up and not being able to go back to sleep. He was sick 3 weeks ago but even when he was sick with a cold he still slept through the night, he would have his roll over feed then go back to sleep. After he got better thats when the problems started he is waking up 1-2 times a night and cant get back to sleep, i have to physically pick him up and cuddle him for 10-15 mins. This would happen every 3-4 hours. He wont settle with the settling techniques and this dosent help me considering i go back to work on Monday after 12 months maternity leave. I will be getting up at 6am so i really need my sleep.

I can see that T2 is feeling fustrated because he wants to go back to sleep but he cant. The other problem is that he wont have his roll over feed anymore.

Can someone please help me i dont know what to do:banghead:

[Sonja]

I have just come out of (I hope) three months of constant night waking with my dd (she's one next week). I started feeding her at night as she'd go staraight back to sleep which was fine when it was once but horrendous when it was three or even four times each night. I broke the cycle last week by getting my mother to settle her. Mum did everything - nurse, rock, sing etc and after a week we broke the night feeds. Then we had to tackle the night waking (which I think is where you are at). Lucy is the same - she wakes and desperately wants to go back to sleep but sometimes she just can't. With her though it's that she hates being left on her own and will settle with my husband in the room but as soon as he heads for the door she cranks it up and he has to start at the beginning. He winds up sleeping on the floor of her nursery (he can sleep standing up so this doesn't bother him).

From what I've read this is really common at this age and I am pleased to say it seems Lucy is now starting to come out of it. We have no magic tricks unfortunately which I can say worked for us, but we were just patient with her. At 12 months Lucy has slept through less than a dozen times and it just doesn't get to me anymore. We've tried c/c, the No Cry Sleep Solution, you name it. Each works for a while but then stops being effective.

As with going back to work, I agree sleep would be great but when I went back to work I was amazed at how much easier it is to be at work exhausted than at home as I don't have to put on a bright sparkling face and entertain a baby when I'm at work. Though that might depend on what you do.

[lovingmotheract]

good back to sleep school is the only thing that i would do i love sleep school they saved my sleep:smiliedance:

[mdonaldson78]

Hi my name is marlene do you know where i can find a sleep school in brisbane or a website I can find where they are located?

[yummyyumyums]

You could check out this site and see if it can help you.

Rene Rees's Maternal and Child Health Advisory Service (http://www.healthybaby.com.au)