jessmke
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I know 18 months is a very common time for sleep disturbances, just wondering how long it has lasted for all of you?
My DD is nearly 19 months and for the last week or two her sleep has become much more difficult. Crying at nap time and bedtime which has never been a problem for us before, naps are getting really short and disturbed, and she's been waking up hysterical at least once a night. For those of you who have gone through this with your toddler, how long did it last?
Also I'm not really sure how to deal with her. She has always self settled and rarely cried when it's time to go to sleep so I'm not really sure what to do about this new behaviour. She is not a cuddly child at all, so going in and giving her cuddles does not help. Since getting passed the need to be fed at night the only reason she really wakes has been due to teething or illness, so we would just go in and give her some medicine and then lay down with her for 15-20 min until the meds had a chance to kick in, then she was happy to be put back down in her crib where she would fall asleep on her own. Now if we go in her room when she wakes at night she gets even more hysterical, if we try to lay down with her she just wants to grab at her books or just screams "down" over and over and struggles and fights to get off the bed. We've resorted to letting her "cry it out" when she wakes at night because she will scream for 15-20 min and then just fall back asleep, whereas if we go in to her and try to comfort her she will be awake for hours. I hate just sitting across the hall listening to her scream and cry but I feel like it's the best option for getting her back to sleep as quickly as possible. How did you all deal with the night wakings at this age??
My DD is nearly 19 months and for the last week or two her sleep has become much more difficult. Crying at nap time and bedtime which has never been a problem for us before, naps are getting really short and disturbed, and she's been waking up hysterical at least once a night. For those of you who have gone through this with your toddler, how long did it last?
Also I'm not really sure how to deal with her. She has always self settled and rarely cried when it's time to go to sleep so I'm not really sure what to do about this new behaviour. She is not a cuddly child at all, so going in and giving her cuddles does not help. Since getting passed the need to be fed at night the only reason she really wakes has been due to teething or illness, so we would just go in and give her some medicine and then lay down with her for 15-20 min until the meds had a chance to kick in, then she was happy to be put back down in her crib where she would fall asleep on her own. Now if we go in her room when she wakes at night she gets even more hysterical, if we try to lay down with her she just wants to grab at her books or just screams "down" over and over and struggles and fights to get off the bed. We've resorted to letting her "cry it out" when she wakes at night because she will scream for 15-20 min and then just fall back asleep, whereas if we go in to her and try to comfort her she will be awake for hours. I hate just sitting across the hall listening to her scream and cry but I feel like it's the best option for getting her back to sleep as quickly as possible. How did you all deal with the night wakings at this age??