About a month ago, my daughter's sleep habits changed drastically for no apparent reason. She is 22 months old and has been sleeping through the night since 6 months of age. About a month ago, she started waking up during the night and/or waking up super early (between 5 and 6 am). She used to go to bed about 8 to 8:30 pm and sleep till 7:30-8 am. I'm wondering if this is a phase or if something else might be going on with her. She was very ill before this started but I really don't feel its related to that. Has anyone else experienced this? She also used to be a great napper and now she's even sporadic with that.
Well, I have been hanging in there and last night we had a breakthrough. My daughter napped well at daycare yesterday and slept all night from 8:05 pm till 6:45 am this morning. Yeah! Let's hope we're back on track. Oh, Denise, she is the only child I have. No other babies, so its not jealousy, but thanks for the advice anyway. We adopted her at one week old and she's now almost two years old. Anyway, thanks for all the kind words. Oh, and yes, she's teething badly, has all four canines coming in and also working on some molars. So that's been part of it!
The child you adopted does she wake up during the night? It sounds a bit like jealousy and not liking sharing mom. You need to let her know she is still number 1 and the love you have for her is still as strong as the new one and allow her to help with the care of the new one so she doesn't feel lefr out. Let me know if this works out-good luck.
We had similar changes in sleep patterns when my son was teething. Could your daughter possibly be getting her 2-year molars? Best of luck.
Hi R.! My name is S. and I have 9 children,and 25 grand babies, and sleep was a very important part of their growth, and they all had very different sleeping habits. The one thing that I found to be very helpful was to add a soft night lite and soft music in their room. The other thing that I found that worked and it also worked on my Grands is to give them a sleeping buddie!! This is something that helps them to feel safe and not alone.I found "Protect Bear" was my grand daughters favorite! The other thing is"Time"! Give her time and she will ajust again. Be consistant with the nap times and the bed time. Above all remember that babies are just little people and we are all diferent and sometimes we just sleep to a different tune!
I hope this helps. God Bless and keep you!
S.
P.S. Have you changed laundry soap?
Hi- my son, who is now 30 months went through the exact same thing at around the exact same time as your daughter. I was horrified as he'd been sleeping through the night and taking great naps since he was 10 weeks old! I just persevered with his same schedule as best I could, and eventually, he got back on track. Just do the best you can and keep pushing the naps. There were days I let him cry for an hour and he finally slept. It lasted for a good 3-4 weeks. This sounds like exactly what your daughter is going through! Good luck!
