Why has my son started waking in the night?

[Marleybob06]

Help!

My 11 month old son has started waking during the night and i dont know why?! He has been sleeping through the night since he was 3 months old. He has a good nap routine, he has a morning nap about 10am for upto an hour (sometimes he misses this nap though if he is not tired) he then has an afternoon nap about 3pm for upto 2 hours. He then goes to bed at 7pm. He settles himself to sleep but has started waking up around 3/4 am, at first he is happy to talk to himself but then i think he gets bored and starts to cry. I put his dummy in and leave which settles him for 10 mins or so but then he starts to cry again. This goes on until about 5ish. Where am i going wrong?

[Layla]

Hi there & welcome!

On the days when he doesn't take the morning nap, do you still put him down for the afternoon nap at 3pm?

[Marleybob06]

Hi,

I only let him miss his morning nap if he is not showing that he is tired but he does still have his nap at 3pm.

Thanks.

[momofclaire]

If he misses his morning nap, I would put him down for his nap a little earlier so he doesn't get overtired. 

[Layla]

I was going to say the same thing as Myia . If the morning nap is missed put him down around 11ish or so & consider that a 1 nap day & do an earlier bedtime to compensate. I think it might from overtiredness from the days he did miss a morning nap... might have accumulated over a couple of days & they start waking up at night.

hth