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anyone else with an almost 4yo still nw?
« on: February 10, 2014, 08:19:31 am »
Thats it really....ds (3y8mo) is on set bt of 7 (6/6.30 if he needs a cu) and over last week is having weird nws at random times. He shouts out and moans and groans for 10-15 mins but doesnt need anything. If nw happens at 5-5.30 he wakes by 6.15. today he was awake from 4-5!

its getting very tiring! No tv before bt and yesterday was low key in case it was os but made no diff to nw. Any ideas, btdt, empathy??

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Re: anyone else with an almost 4yo still nw?
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2014, 09:05:24 am »
Could it be a growth spurt?

((Hugs)) hope they stop soon
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Re: anyone else with an almost 4yo still nw?
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2014, 10:14:55 am »
4 yo was the PEAK of NWs, hours long...  Many times a week.  Developmental.  Tough.   Hang in there.. Xx
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Re: anyone else with an almost 4yo still nw?
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2014, 10:36:53 am »
We have periods of one or two weeks in which we get nw. Then they go away, and DS returns to sttn. We had one of these period close to the 4 yo mark, I had a thread on this. Developmental also in our case.
We also have dreams and night terrors still, when he is OS or OT.
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Re: anyone else with an almost 4yo still nw?
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2014, 18:53:03 pm »
Thanks ladies. Guess im going to have to ride it out then. Hes still doing it at least once or twice a night- he did sttn the other day but guess that was a fluke lol

How long do these leaps last at this age and do sleep needs change??
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Re: anyone else with an almost 4yo still nw?
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2014, 20:16:02 pm »
I really don't know, it seems so different from one time to another and from one kid and another...
For us, sleep disturbance last (usually) a couple of weeks now. Sleep needs did not really changed since he dropped the nap and he was on 11 h night on average (after one or two months at 11.5h), but rather fluctuate quite a bit: there are periods of 10.5 h followed by periods of 11.5 h. These periods seem to go in clusters, so nights are quite consistently the same length for a while, then shorten or lengthen for another while.
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Re: anyone else with an almost 4yo still nw?
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2014, 21:39:20 pm »
Hmm 10.5-11.5 doesnt seem like a lot of NS considering theyve just dropped the nap. Ds has been having nws and ews for ages so idont really know how many hours he needs :-/ i was hoping once these phases were over we would get uninterrupted 12h nights! lol wishful thinking....
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Re: anyone else with an almost 4yo still nw?
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2014, 22:23:50 pm »
F has NEVER been a 12 h kind of kid. He did 12 h maybe 10 times in his life and only when he was exhausted and needed a catch up. He is fine with 11 h really now. He could be lsn, but he usually sttn soundly (now that I say he will wake up tonight???  ::) ), so really, I can't complain.
Anyway, if I remember correctly, average sleep needs for 4 yo are 11.5 h, so 11 h is only little below the average.
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Re: anyone else with an almost 4yo still nw?
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2014, 22:30:15 pm »
Here is the typical amount of sleep for kids:
Typical Amounts of Day and Night Sleep
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Re: anyone else with an almost 4yo still nw?
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2014, 08:03:47 am »
Thanks for the link hon. He actually sttn 7-7 ::) ::) go figure. We didnt have the heating on last night so dont know if that contributed?!
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Re: anyone else with an almost 4yo still nw?
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2014, 08:19:41 am »
Yay for the good night!
Maybe it is the heater. You will know if you switch off again;)
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