Hi,
For the past month I've been having problems with my daughter's Maya sleep at night. Here is some basic informatoin about Maya:
How old is your child?
15 months
What’s his/her daily routine?
She wakes up in her bed at 7am, she eats her brekfast and then goes to grandmother where she gets her 2nd breakfast around 10-11, later goes to nanny where she takes her nap. It sometimes starts in a stroller, because nanny needs to travel 20min from grandma's house to her own. She sleeps between 1hrs - 2 hrs (where it usually is 1,5hrs), she falls asleep around 12-13.30. She east home-made soup after she wakes up, later around 15.30-16.00 she gets second meal (potatoes, meat and veggies). I pick her up at 15.30-16.00 she always smiles at me and runs with her arms opened.
She very often gets a little from our dinner too (she simply reaches for the food when we eat around 17.00). Then we go out to play till 19.00. She east yogurt or apples while she's out. She goes to bath 19.30, the around 20.00 goes to bed.
What’s nap routine?
She takes her first nap around 12.00 and falling asleep varies (sometimes she falls asleep in a stroller, and sometimes nanny calms her down, plays quiet music and puts her in a cot).
How long are naps?
The naps are usually around 1,5hrs long, but sometimes less than hour.
What's bedtime routine? Time?
She takes a bath every evening at 19.30 (hardly ever due to situation at 20.00). She then eats some dinner, but until beginning of July she ate whole bowl of porridge, she simply stopped liking it one day, now she eats a lot less, sandwiches with ham or cheese, always drinks tea. Later we give her around 15 min to play around but we talk quietly and usually I take her to her bedroom, we stand by the window as she enjoys looking out, then I take her and sing a little bit in my arms, when I see she is calmed down I put her down to her bed, where she usually falls asleep within 5-10min. Hardly ever she gets up crying, then I pick her up sing literally 1min longer and then she is ready to be put back to her bed. She falls asleep by herself after around 15-20 min of bedtime routine which means for us singing, telling a story, reading a book.
Do you bottle or breastfed??
Maya was breasfed till end of 9 months, and she refused to take bottle, so we started with porridge with milk which she enjoyed.
How much? or how long?
n/a
If breastfed.. one side or both?? (at each feed)
n/a
How many wakes per night?
Maya slept through nights since she was 7 months. She started waking up twice to three times a night (usually before 1am, then always once in the early morning 5-6am) since we got back from holidays (she slept very well while being on holidays), which means around 20th of July.
What’s your LO like when waking at night? How long is he/she up?
She wakes up crying, rather not mantra cry, she is standing or sitting in the cot. We go into her room and while she sees us she usually lies down herself, then we just touch her back and she falls asleep within 7-10 min.
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? Or is it a mantra cry?
Sometimes it is a strong cry, sometimes just fussing.
What have you tried to settle??
When it was extremely strong cry we hold her in arm, however now it's been enough just to touch her back and say ssshhhh
What do you do for A time and how long is it?
Are there developmental issues such as teething or milestones?
Maya has already 16 teeth out. The last ones to come in recent weeks were the third teeth.
Have you introduced cereal? Why, how much, and how many times a day? (for LO’s under 6 months)
Do they have a prop? If so what is it?
No.
Do they have a lovie?
No.
I would like to help my child to sleep through the night. She used to sleep through the night and we heard Maya being awake because she started talking and playing in her cot. When she wakes up now she cries. She usually wakes up before 11pm and then before 1am. But she also started waking up before 6am, when she is still very tired. If we took her to our bed (we did that 3 times) she can sleep till 9am.
I don't want to take her to our bed, and I don't know why she wakes up at nights. She is very easy child. She stared walking also in the end of July (basically at the same time when the night wakings started).
She doesn't want neither food nor drink at nights.
Can you please suggest some methods? Could this be temporary? Since we got back from holidays she started walking and she started going almost every day out with other children to play in the park. Besides that she is very gentle, happy, joyful child. She can play with herself for quite long time. She seems to be in a period when mummy is the best calmer ever.
I will look forward for some help.
Thanks,
Natalia
