13 Month Old Doesnt Want to Sleep Through the Night Anymore!!!

M.,
My son, who is almost two, experience the same situation. I started doing some research on the Internet and it turns out he didn't really need the milk or diaper change at night. We put a little light on his room in case he felt afraid of being alone. He just wanted Mom and Dad to be with him. So we talked about it and we decided to be brave and stop paying attention to his requests. We would let him cry and just go to his room to console him and go back to our bedroom. There is a technique in which you console him briefly and go. Wait a minute and go back to console him and go. Wait two minutes and go back; and so on. The first night, it took him a while to go to sleep; but the second night he did his tantrum just for a little while. Now he sleeps through the whole night. Maybe he realized he was not going to get anything out of Mom and Dad and he got tired of asking. I hope this helps you.
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My son did this and my ped said to wean him off these feedings. It's like if you ate a sandwich at midnight each night for a week. On the eigth night you will be hungry at midnight because your body has gotten used to eating then. Try givin her less and less until there is none. Then just comfort her for a minute or so, and then make that shorter and shorter, too. Eventually she will get the idea. I would cut her down to two naps so that she is tired enough to sleep at night. Some 13mo still take 2, many go down to one. I'd take away one and then after awhile try going to one. If it does't work I'd call the ped to make sure there isn't an underlying prob.

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She may be going through a growth spurt. Have you tried giving her a little snack before bed? My kids like yogurt and graham crackers. My son started doing that as well, but he wouldn't go back down, turned out he had bilatteral ear infections. I hope that's not the case with your daughter, but if it doesn't improve you may want to take her in to have her checked out to be on the safe side. Be sure to get your nap when she takes hers. It will help. Good luck!

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Maybe she is ready to cut down on naps. Maybe 2 naps would be enough so that she is really tired when she goes to bed and sleeps through the night. The only other thing I can think of is give her a bedtime snack. Something that will stick with her like crackers or bread. If she doesn't drink much when you give her a bottle in the middle of the night, maybe just stop giving her the bottle and just lay her back down. My oldest son was the same way. Started sleeping through the night at 8-10 weeks and around 1 yr old would get up periodically. (Not as much as yours, but still frustrating) We eventually just would go in, tell him "no it is bed time" and lay him back down. Sometimes patting his back while laying in the crib so he wouldn't just stand back up. After a while he learned that Mommy wasn't going to come in and pick him up whenever and that he was suppose to be sleeping at night. Stick with it... it WILL get better. Good Luck!

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Hi M.!

It sounds like she's gotten used to waking to eat and her body is telling her it's time to wake up and eat. As long as you are offering her the bottle, she will continue to wake up for that feeding. The easiest way to break this is to gradually each night offer less in her bottle until the last night you don't offer the bottle, just a pacifier. So if you have been giving her an 8 oz bottle, tonight offer her 6 oz, then the following night offer her 4 oz, and the following night offer her 2 oz and then finally offer her 1 oz and then nothing or a pacifier , if she takes one. I would also try to eliminate one of her naps during the day, usually by a year most children transition to one long nap in the afternoon. She will sleep much better through the night. I wish you all the best!

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Hi M.:

When my daughter was about that age (she's 18 months now), I reduced her to 1 nap per day. That seemed to really help keep her asleep through the night. She usually wakes up around 8 or 9 in the morning and then naps for about 2-2 1/2 hrs in the afternoon. If you don't want to cut out any of her naps, my suggestion would be to make sure she is taking them early enough in the day that by bed time she is tired enough to sleep soundly. And maybe try putting her down a little later (not sure what her bed time is). My daughter goes to bed around 9 pm. But try to change it as soon as possible so she doesn't get used to this and make a routine out of it. Good luck, hope this helps some.

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Hi M.,
I went though a similar situation a couple of weeks ago with my 14 month old son. He would wake up right on schedule at about the same time every night. We thought he might be teething so we gave him some teething tablets to soothe the pain but that didn't help. So either my husband or I would rock him to sleep, sometimes it took over an hour. A friend of mine suggested getting rid of one of his naps because he might be getting too much sleep during the day. So we went from 2 naps to 1 and since then he hasn't gotten up at all at night.

You said that she is taking 3 naps a day, I would get rid of one and see if that helps. Also get some teething tablets and see if that helps, her gums maybe hurting at night.

Hope this helps and hope you can get back to sleeping at night.
R.

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