Hi friends! My 8mo has been waking at random times in the night for almost 3 weeks now (anytime between 12-5...usually only once, but sometimes twice.) Of course, we're asking all the unanswerable questions. Is it teething?? (She has none.) Is it developmental?? (She's pulling up like crazy and trying to cruise.) Is it separation anxiety?? (She used to go down without a peep... now she cries at least a little every time we put her in the crib and walk away. A few times she has gotten so worked up, she's almost inconsolable.)
The thing is, we just moved and she now shares a room with her 2.5 year old sister. The NW started just a few days after we moved in... considering that she was in a new place, and the fact that she was a little sick with a cold at the time, AND I was scared she would wake her sister up, I've been nursing her for these wakings. Not always completely to back to sleep, but sometimes. At first we tried just soothing her in the crib, but it just made her more upset rather than helping. So I would panic and just BF her.
Have I created a habit? or is this just a phase that I need to ride out a little longer? If it's a habit now, how in the world can I train her to SSTN again without effecting my older daughter's sleep (for the most part, she has handled her sister's NW like a champ... usually sleeps through unless it's 5am or later). Sorry for the long story and bazillion questions... I'm just totally at a loss here. I don't know what to do!