Does anyone have any advice for a 19 month old who just started having sleeping problems? He has slept through the night wonderfully since he was 2 months old, but now he wakes up crying once or twice a night...almost 75% of the time! He isn't teething.
Any advice would be helpful thanks!
Thank you for all of your insight. This was all so comforting to me!
We have put a night light in his room which has helped. We think he is just having bad dreams. Thanks for all of your insight!!
I am anxious to read the responses myself my 19mth old is having the same issue. He is getting better and for the last couple of nights hasn't woken up.
Remember with every growth spurt, cognative mile stone or any new task that their learning causes change in their body. The brain doesn't allow deep sleep until they have mastered/grown ect what their body is trying to accomplish. Remember it happens often, but goes back to the same routine. keep you chins up gals it will pass.
That's usually my daughter's first sign of an ear infection. Maybe take him in for a check up.
Sorry, I know sleep interruptions are so hard :-)
J.
I know that happened to my sister-in-law, and her doctor told her to put her baby on his tummy. I guess that won't help you much if yours is already sleeping on his tummy, though.
I too don't have sage advice as we are going through the same thing with our 19 month old. I have been trying real hard to listen to her cries, if it sounds urgent I will go in, soothe her without taking her out of bed and leave just as quickly without saying much. But if the cry isn't urgent I just listen to see if it goes on more than a minute or so....this seems to be working with us. Hang in there, I am hoping that this too is a phase, one that will pass quickly.
hmmm....That's kinda tricky. Does he seem like he is scared? what do you have to do to get him back to sleep? Once my daughter was that age I never had a problem with her waking at night but just for comfort and to get her to sleep in longer in the morning I bought her this fisher price crib toy. It plays music and looks like a fish tank with moving water and fish. It has a big button right in the front and after showing her once or twice how to turn it on she does it herself. Sometimes when I would check on her at night it would be on so I know she woke up, turned in on and when back to sleep. If your son just needs something to sooth him back to sleep you might want to try it. It has a timer too so it only stays on for 15min. So it doesn't run all night long.
My 18 month old has been doing the same thing.
She used to sleep fine, and now I am at my wits end.
I don't really have any advice, but just here to say it's happening to me too!
I do go in and pat her back, and she'll usually go back to sleep. But not sure why she needs that now, when she hasn't in the past.
My days are too stressful for all this waking at night!
Hang in there.
He could be having night terrors, has his sleep schedule changed recently?
He could be either having dreams that wake him up, or he could be going through a growth spurt. My boys wake up crying when they go through a growth spurt. Their doctor recommended to give them Tylenol before bed for a couple of days and that should stop the pain and allow them to sleep through the night, and it works.
My 19 month old does the same thing. Usually she doesn't entirely wake up and is able to put herself back to sleep. If not, we just go in, pat her on the back, hand her a pacifier, and cover her back up with the blanket. I think sometimes it is a dream or she wakes up and does not quite know where she is and gets scared for a moment. One other time, she was cold and another time she needed her paci. Still another time she was in an uncomfortable position and too asleep to help herself out. Once or twice I've had to pick her up and rock her for 5 minutes and set her back down. At this stage, they are so aware and their sleep patterns are changing. Hang in there, if you show your child how to get back to sleep on his own, he'll do it.
If your child starts showing signs of a cold or is unconsolable, I'd see the doctor.
He may be dreaming, make sure he isn't watching his sister's TV shows (or find out if one is scary to him). Also he may just like having you come in. Make sure you say few words (ex. sleepytime, i love you, night night). Pat his back (i wouldn't pick him up, for fear of developing a habit). And if he isn't scared wait a minute or 2 before going in, he may put himself back to sleep. He don't may be a sleeptalker/walker. he may be waking up when the heat comes on, maybe get a sound machine as well (Homedics makes a cheap one, you can find it at target pharmacy section).
R.
