My guy used to sleep 11 hours a night, no problem. Then, he turned 1. All of a sudden, he is waking up at 5:00 am, no matter what time he goes to bed, and NOTHING will soothe him except mommy. And Mommy is a woose. Tried crying it out, I can’t take it so always go in for him. However, I feel that I’m perpetuating the problem. I’m so tired! What’s weird is that he is fine during the day, for the most part, it’s just at night that we’re having problems. But I also know that there are people out there that have it worse than me. I don’t know. This is the lack of sleep talking, I guess. Is this really separation anxiety? Any other ideas out there other than crying it out in the middle of the night (95% of the time there is NO problem going to sleep – although naptime is another story). Am I just a parent with a toddler? This is my first and sleep deprivation I’m sure makes it seem worse. OK. Rambling over. I’ll take any form of encouragement or ideas. THANKS!
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You have a totally normal 1 year old according to me. My son would ALWAYS wake up in the middle of the night. I think he just was scared he was alone and wanted comfort. I would pick him up and give him a bottle and rock him to sleep and he would usually calm down and drift back to sleep and be fine the rest of the night. The good news is he will grow out of it! WOOHOO! Not sure when though. My son is almost 2 now and takes a nap and goes to bed with no fights. We have him on a very good schedule. Took forever to get the schedule just right. Trust me, I LOVE sleep and I feel ya being sleep deprived. Toddlers are tough. It won’t last forever. Also, my son HATED his tiny crib. We bought him a big boy bed (not a toddler bed) and the side guards and that helped a LOT. Try to figure out why he wakes. My son also had night terrors for a while. Those too have since stopped. I hope any of this helped. Good luck!
I would say wear him out during the day. My son did this a little. It does sound like a little separation anxiety but I also think it may be the darkness? I put a night light in my kid’s room & it seemed to soothe them. Also try a fan. The noise puts my kids to sleep. I also found that my daughter likes for the radio to be on until she falls asleep then I turn it off before I go to bed. For the first day: Play, play, play: Run, run, run. I would only let him take a 20-30 minute nap. Wake him up & play with him some more. Feed him his dinner, give him a bath, and try reading a book to calm him down or turn on a lullaby c.d. on the radio. I hope this helps you. Let me know.
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