My 16.5 month old was a great sleeper. I could put him down drowsy and he would fall asleep. For six months he did this!
Now he is harder to put down in general and after an hour exactly he wakes up frantic and kind of sleep-crying. He absolutely will not CIO, never has. He's an escalator.
Could this be separation anxiety? He doesn't seem scared or dazed, just sleepy and won't stop crying. Clingy and we have to soothe him a LOT for like 20 mins to get him to sleep. (He's not sick, cold, teething, no new caregivers, no new patterns at all.) Is this just a phase??? Help!
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LO (now 18 months) went through this. She was also sick (and maybe teething) when it started, but even after that passed, we just had to ride it out for a few weeks. Just in the last two weeks or so, she's been putting herself to sleep again, and staying that way (for the most part).
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Canines come at that age and there's a pretty significant sleep regression at 18 months.
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@gingerbebe: canines were the worst teething we had so far. I'm glad they have cut through for my babe now.
@pachamama: I didn't have the hour after being asleep wake up, but did go through two weeks of issues putting her to bed and alsoa week of random early early wake ups and crying that was only fixed by me lying on the floor beside the crib around that age. Ride it out. It sucks any time good sleep gets disrupted, especially when it appears to be for no apparent reason.
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We went through this at 18 months also with separation anxiety, it was at least a month for us before we could put DS to bed without laying next to him.
Hopefully it's a quick phase for you. -
This gives me hope. He could be teething, he´s got 4 big molars in but not the far back ones?
The way he grabs me when I go in to soothe him so frantically and so desperately is horrible, itś like he thinks I´m never coming back! He´s not a snuggler so this is new for me. -
How are you putting him down? It sounds like he's falling asleep on his own (as opposed to him falling asleep in your arms before transferring him to his bed)?
I agree this might be a sleep regression + teething. During these times, I was told to avoid sleep training methods, and just focus on comfort and getting them to sleep however that works.
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@littlejoy: we have a nice bed time routine then I hold him for like 5 mins, put him in his crib where he fusses for a minute and then touch his back til he falls asleep. Then I sneak out and hope my old bones don't wake him up.
Tonight we tried ibuprofen because I saw his canines jabbing through. Woke up exactly 50 minutes in like he has for 2 weeks now, so I'm thinking it's a regression. Arg. -
We definitely went through this around this age. It wasn't consistent, nor were we consistent with how we dealt with it. It eventually passed on its own. He still occasionally wakes up after an hour or two, but he usually just wants water and goes back down easily. Good luck and lot so if coffee
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Could just be a phase, but also check that his bedtime is at an appropriate time. I've found that as my kid gets older, I sometimes forget that she needs less sleep, until something goes wonky to remind me.
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@Grace: that's an interesting thought... He only sleeps 7:30-5:15 or so which I feel like is on the low end.... Nothing I do makes him sleep earlier or wake up later
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@pachamama: ugh, that's so early. I'd tend to agree with you, unless he's taking 4 hours worth of naps, or the nap ends too close to bedtime. Hopefully it's just a phase.
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My husband and me and my entire family are not huge sleepers so I'm not too worried about the 10 hours a night.
UPDATE: He seems to be stopping this "transition into light sleep" wake up an hour after he goes down, but last night he was up 12-3am
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