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14 month old started to wake in the night and cry- what to do?X
« on: October 11, 2007, 17:59:55 pm »
believe it or not, from day 1 I followed the Baby Whisperer but then stopped doing it because we seemed to have cracked it - however, when she started teething a few weeks ago, she has started to wake in the night crying and wont go back to sleep - I have ordered a new book as I have lost the last one and am now struggling to know what to do - I have started a bad pattern of picking her up and sleeping with her on the bed which she is, of course, very happy with but we are having a new baby in Feb next year and have a 5 year old son too, so need to sort this out...

Her routine is:-
6.30-7am - awake - bottle
7-9.30am - playtime
9.30-11.30 - nap time of 2 hours
11.30am - dinner time
12-3.30pm - playtime
4.00pm - tea time
5.00pm - bottle
6.30pm - story and bed

Many thanks x
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Re: 14 month old started to wake in the night and cry- what to do?X
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2007, 22:39:11 pm »
that nap seems a little early which is giving her a very long awake time before bedtime. Could you try and push that nap out a little later?
When she wakes at night what methods have you used to resettle her?
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Re: 14 month old started to wake in the night and cry- what to do?X
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2007, 00:32:30 am »
I agree with PP.
At 14 months we had a routine that looked like this.
7:00 wake
12:00 nap (2-3 hours)
7:00 bedtime
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Re: 14 month old started to wake in the night and cry- what to do?X
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2007, 08:11:09 am »
hi guys, yeah, that seems sensible advice - don't go mad at me but at the minute, if she wakes, I am picking her up and lying with her in the big bed at the bottom of her room and then she will stop crying and go back to sleep - because I am pregnant and tired *bad excuse I know* i just find it easy to do this - last night though she slept till 5.05am which is great for her and I did the same but didn't feel too bad doing that.  I wondered, because I give her tea at 4.30 and bottle at 5.30 ish, should I bring her bottle back so she gets it about 6.00-6.30 instead - maybe she is waking cause she is hungry? I NEVER feed her in the night as I did that with my son and it took me 3 years to stop that cycle! X
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Re: 14 month old started to wake in the night and cry- what to do?X
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2007, 12:33:09 pm »
I might give her the bottle a little later, like 6 but be careful not to let her fall asleep with it.  No one will be mad at you around here.  :)  I do think taking her into a bed with you is a bad idea.  I know it is easy now, believe me I have caught myself doing it with my almost 2 year old when daddy is out of town, but think about not NOT EASY it will be when you have a newborn.  :-\   Have you tried wi/wo for the wakes?
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Re: 14 month old started to wake in the night and cry- what to do?X
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2007, 13:55:11 pm »
I do agree with pp's that her A time is too long after nap so she is OT. That is probably why she has NW and EW.  I would push the nap up to 11.30ish.  Her A at this age shouldn't be more than 5-5.5H.  What do you do when she wakes at night?  It is important that you start training dd to fall asleep on her own, without your intervention, especially because you have a new baby on the way.  I would suggest you try PD or GW because she is used to you being with her to fall asleep.  I'm sure you are desperate for a good nights sleep.....good luck :)
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Re: 14 month old started to wake in the night and cry- what to do?X
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2007, 07:25:17 am »
well i followed the routine down to the letter and gave Molly her last bottle at 6.30 but downstairs and not in bed - she was in bed for 7pm and settled okay.  I heard her cry a couple of times in the night and moan but she stayed asleep and woke up early though, at 5.50 but I can handle that - what should I have done though - I got her a bottle and left her but she stayed awake then and got up so its an early start for us.  Apart from that, it went REALLY well xx
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Re: 14 month old started to wake in the night and cry- what to do?X
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2007, 10:30:11 am »
okay, the day didnt start great for us as Molly got up too early, at 5.50am - I kept her up until 10.00 but then she only fell asleep till 11am and started screaming - I went in and tried to settle her but its 11.38pm now and she is still screaming so I will have to get her up - how does that work in terms of tonight though because I cant put her to bed at 5pm and if I do it later than that, she will be overtired - god I cant remember how this works? X
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Re: 14 month old started to wake in the night and cry- what to do?X
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2007, 16:14:39 pm »
What you can do is to slowly start pushing the am nap's time, as she is used to the early nap.  Do this by pushing it 15min up every 3-5 days until you get it at the desired time of 11.30ish.  If she wakes early like to day you can try a catnap of 30min at 3ish just to get her to bedtime.  Will you are trying to establish a new routine her naps and bedtime will be all over the show but it will settle down.  I know it can be very frustrating and emotionally draining but it will get better... :) :)
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