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1 year old habitual waking
« on: September 29, 2009, 22:17:57 pm »
Hi there. My dd is 1 year and has been waking min. of 2x a night. She has been doing this for about 2 mths now. It used to be worse (every hour or so) and refusing naps, so we went to one nap. Since then she sleeps well during the day, but is waking about every 3 or so hours. I thought it may be out of hunger, but I have increase cows milk and food. Then I thought it might be a prop, but at this point I HAVE NO IDEA! I am sooo tired. This what a newborn does NOT A YOUNG TODDLER.

Here is her routine:

8am wake
1 nap (1.5hrs)
7:30/8 Bed

When she wakes I try to rock her (which I thought was the prop), but she wont go to sleep until I feed her. Once I feed her I just lay her down and she goes to sleep. Should I do gradual withdrawl? I was thinking of giving her a cup in her bed to eliminate rocking (but I am afraid of earaches), and then reducing the abount of milk over the next few nights.


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Re: 1 year old habitual waking
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2009, 22:47:27 pm »
Firstly waving hello  ;)
Ok a few questions is she waking at the same time every night?
Does she fall asleep independently for bedtime and nap?
Has she every slept through the night?
What is her food and milk intake like during the day?
Does she have a lovie to sleep with?

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Re: 1 year old habitual waking
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2009, 01:45:29 am »
Hi Natasha! Gosh, the girls are so big and beautiful! Sophie has been able to fall asleep by herself since birth, but has never really slept through the night. For naps, I rock her a bit, but she falls turns on over her tummy as soon as she lays down. So yes, Is think she is awake. At night, I do the same thing. If she is overtired then I rock her until she is alseep, but that is rare anymore. Other times, she wants a little more rocking, but doesnt  fall totally asleep. So long story short, I guess it varies. Lastly, in the middle of the night, she is fed and is laid down immediately.

I dont really know how much she is eating as half of her food ends up on the floor  ::) I try to spoon feed, but she doesnt really like it and tells me she is done. It seems like I am feeding her food all of the time... meals and snacks. She has between 3-4 tippy cups of milk a day. At night, she has waaaay too much milk. I try not to feed her, but she appears really hunger and wont go to sleep without it. So, 1-3 tippys a night.

She does have a blankie. I was wondering if I were the prop, but I can give her a cup in her bed without picking her up and she will go back to sleep. Maybe she is needing to have a full tummy to go back to sleep. She doesnt wake up at the same time, just the same amount of hours. ie. 3-4 hrs.


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Re: 1 year old habitual waking
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2009, 02:00:28 am »
Ok well at this age and considering how much milk she is having during the day she doesn't need any milk during the night. I think the milk is her prop at night and when she is waking up from light sleep she isn't able to get back into a deep sleep without her milk. I think you need to forget about milk during the night and when she wakes use http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=80750.0 to get her to go back to sleep. Click the link and have a read as to which you think will the most appropriate for her. Perhaps start on a friday night that way you have your hubby to help you out over the weekend.

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Re: 1 year old habitual waking
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2009, 22:01:23 pm »
Thank you Natasha. I am so confused. The night before she only woke 1 time and then last night every hour until about 1am. I wonder if it is teeth? She seems to get her teeth earlier than most. She had all 8 front teeth by 10 mths vs Gage who had 2 teeth by 10 mths.  I am going to give tylenol and then try the gradual weaning method. Thanks again for lending an ear!


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Re: 1 year old habitual waking
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2009, 00:22:31 am »
Sounds like a great plan good luck keep us posted  :D

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