One Year Old and Night-Time Waking

Separation-Anxiety... or teething, or hunger.
Also at this age, just having turned 1.. they undergo a TON of developmental changes and hitting major milestones and cognitive and physical/motor skill changes. This tweaks their sleep, is normal.. and many times it can be more than just 1 thing happening at a time.

Or, do you or Hubby snore?
Sometimes we parents are the one's waking them.
Or, if she sleeps with you, maybe the tossing and turning and movements of you/Hubby can wake the baby too.

She is undergoing many changes now... just soothe/comfort her. This is normal... I really don't believe in hard-core "methods" or crying it out.
And many times, there is no rhyme or reason for a baby waking/crying, that we can figure out. Sometimes it just is.
And yes, listen to her cries... sometimes, they make noise/cry in their sleep... but it is intermittent and they are actually still "sleeping" and can fall asleep on their own again. Sometimes, in these instances, our interrupting them will just completely wake them. My son did that sometimes... but I knew by his sounds/cry/pitch... whether he needed me to intervene or not. Sometimes he'd even get irked if I interrupted him.

Both my kids, at that age, were waking too. I just went with the flow.
And for my son, teething bothered him more than my daughter and he had a lot more pain.

Also make sure she naps, regularly. Over-tiredness can actually make a baby/child not be able to sleep well, and they wake more.

Does she have a lovey?
Does she have a crib toy? The fisher price Ocean Wonders is real great. Both my kids loved it.

All the best,
Susan

Your bed time does not sound early , it sounds just right. They go through funny little stages like this , all of mine have done it. Are you able to get her back to sleep or will she cry until you get her up? My youngest is 21 months and if she wakes during the night , I go in & comfort her and then put her back down , she sometimes rolls over and goes back to sleep and other times she will stand straight back up and cry , I will leave the room at that point and wait for a few mins & 9/10 she starts to settle back down. You just need to be consistent with your method and don't start habits that you don't want , for example getting her into your bed or rocking her to sleep , it's a phase and it will pass , but your right in that she could be getting some teeth , maybe try giving some tylenol before she goes to bed and see if that helps keep any discomfort away.

Dear A., Yes your daughter is most likely teething and this will pass. As far as her bedtime, you and your child are the ones to decide this! My children went to bed at 7 and slept 'till 7 am. This would change when we changed the clocks and it was still light at 8:30. You are her mommy, do what works for you. Grandma Mary (mom of 5)

Sleep is a learned behavior and so is waking up in the middle of the night. This is an age of great changes but also the ability to control the situation by in this case waking up and crying until you respond. Two things that I learned much later than you is a great book by Dr Ferber, How to get your child to sleep through the night. He is a pediatrician and sleep specialist at Children's Hosp Boston. After reading the book and preparing myself mentally we tried his method, in 5 nights she went from waking several x during the night and needing me (or so I thought) to put her back to sleep to sleeping all night and napping better during the day. You never let them cry for more than a 10 min pd but you also don't take them out of the crib, give them something to drink or turn on any lights to further wake them. If you pediatrician feels that there is nothing medical going on this might work for you too. The other is an old wives tale of flipping the child, literally change the position of her head in the room, this may mean changing furniture around. This worked in one night with my 3 yr old that had been sleeping through the night until we moved and sure enough her head was pointing in the complete opposite direction as in our old house. The only thing I did was change the position of where her head would point and zzzzzzz..... Good luck. Sleep is a great time for children to rejuvinate and grow and we need it too so we can keep up with them!