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Help 15 month old sleep nightmare
« on: October 18, 2013, 11:30:44 am »
Dear all,
I'm wondering if you could help me with my 15 month old dd. she was born 12 weeks early so developmentally is 12 months. She has always had high A time needs which are closer to her actual age than her developmental age.
Since returning from holiday 4 weeks ago she has started multiple night wakings and taking ages to resettle. We kept hold of 2 naps for as long as possible with a short am nap(30 mins) and a long pm of about 1.5-2 hours. We transitioned to one nap 3 weeks ago when she was refusing her afternoon nap. Last week she cut her 1st tooth and I'm sure we have more on the way.

Our EASY looks like this.

Awake- 6.30-7.30
E-milk
9 am Brekki
11.30 lunch
12pm S till 2 pm
2 pm snack
4.30pm tea
6pm bed Time routine, bath, bottle bed between 6.30 and 7 pm

Whilst she was teething she woke at 1 am and I gave her pain meds, she would settle on down with bunny and then 10 mins later sit bolt upright and start crying again. Lay her back down, handed bunny and left room. This could go on for an hour but then she would start laughing, chatting and bouncing in her cot ??? ???

This finally stopped last Friday when the tooth popped through :) and she sttn until Wednesday night when she woke every hour crying until I woke her at 7. We have now had 2 nights of this and I'm exhausted. Trying to comfort her and encourage independent sleep without creating AP.

Please help
DD 1- Spirited- July 2012

DD 2- Angel/Touchy April 2016

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Re: Help 15 month old sleep nightmare
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2013, 07:16:14 am »
Can anybody help. Last night she woke at 1 am and settled easily but then cried intermittently for 1.5 hours?
DD 1- Spirited- July 2012

DD 2- Angel/Touchy April 2016

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Re: Help 15 month old sleep nightmare
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2013, 12:23:23 pm »
what meds are you using for the teeth? I found nurofen worked much better with both of mine. Are you giving it as soon as she wakes?
I found with DD that she would get wired from being awake and then find it hard to settle back to sleep even with meds, it is a pain!

It might be worth getting a Dr opinion. When DD was bad and having long NWings it turned out she had a blocked ear and the pressure was causing it.
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Re: Help 15 month old sleep nightmare
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2013, 17:13:03 pm »
Thanks for replying Becky. We are using nurofen as I agree it's so much more effective for teething pain.  I will make her an appointment at the drs on Monday to check her ears. Hugs much appreciated :)
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Re: Help 15 month old sleep nightmare
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2013, 17:50:15 pm »
When things are particularly bad with teeth? We tend to use calprofen and calpol together x