Ever since we moved into this house last October Bella has had the
worst sleep schedule. It started with her just waking up
screaming 4-5 times in the middle of the night looking for her
pacifier or wanting a bottle. Since then we have kicked the pacifier
habit and limited the amount of bottles she gets. The problem now is, now
she is waking up 2-3 times per night walking around the house like a zombie
with her blankie and pillow wanting to sleep in
different rooms. It's pretty damn creepy hearing noises at night just to
wake up and find your toddler standing and staring at you. She will
usually start off in her own room and then want to sleep in our room. This
is new to us since she has never co-slept with us before but because my youngest
still sleeps with me for most of the night (still breastfeeds to sleep) we
didn't want to turn her away. She will sleep in her room for only a few
hours before coming to ours to sleep for a few more hours. This is where
it gets frustrating; she will wake from our bed to go back to her bed where she
will only sleep again for 20-30 minutes. Sometimes she will go back and
forth six times. I am losing a ton of sleep over this behavior, as is
she.
Has anyone dealt with this
before?
7 comments:
oh my goodness, that can be kind of creepy. i've had my kids do that, just stand there. and what's even weirder is that we can in deep sleep feel someone's presence there just staring! just got chills! haha. my kids went through that for a little while, i think it's just a phase. i had to just be constant and put them back in their bed. sometimes three times at night, but only lasted a couple of months. hope it gets better!
I haven't thankfully had to deal with this Jen and my heart goes out to you. I will say I did have my now 2 year old sleeping with me for a few months back around the time that she was a little over a year old and remember not getting much sleep from that. I also had a colicky infant, who didn't sleep well at all for the first few months of my life. I need sleep and both of these instances left me exhausted and frustrated, so I do feel your pain on that one. I hope you get some sleep soon and things return a bit back to normal, too.
Sleep issues are so frustrating. I do have some questions though, are her nap times during the day at a consistent time each day. Also some kids go down to just one nap a day at this age. It also sounds like maybe the move and new surroundings just have her uneasy at night. Maybe its not feeling quite like home yet. My 3 year old had some of the same issues after we moved in last May. It kinda sounds like an overly tired issue.
Good luck, I know though what works for one kid doesn't necessarily work for another, but we are sleep training our 15 month old and three weeks out, its amazing. I just put the little guy in his crib and he put himself to sleep without rocking or anything, but its taken three weeks of not backing down to reach this point because I was going insane. Older babies are a little more resistant though and if you haven't had many issues til now, it sounds like there are some things bothering her that might need a deeper investigation.
Good luck. Sorry for the ramble! ;)
Hello I am your newest follower on your blog site would love for you to follow me back. Thanks :) Feel free to Like or Follow me on my other media sites!!!
http://taracl2011.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/NicholasMommy07
https://twitter.com/LiveLaughhLovee
http://www.facebook.com/pages/LiveLaughLove/123392547737823
http://www.facebook.com/livelaughhlovee56
https://plus.google.com/104613867910635999845/posts
http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/2672867
http://pinterest.com/taracl85/
http://www.networkedblogs.com/blog/taracl
http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/livelaughhlovee5
http://www.linkyfollowers.com/profile.aspx?id=30922
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6J_MTikNH-TmMqhq8andNA
http://instagram.com/nicksmom2007
http://livell5.tumblr.com/
http://theblogfrog.com/1509019
GRAB MY BADGE ON MY BLOGSITE TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD THANKS SO MUCH
Hi Jen! Thanks for checking out my blog. I am now following you back.
http://www.navywif33.com
It sounds like its other stuff then. Kids don't usually go backwards unless there is a change in their environment. Good luck girl!!
My daughter has sleep-walking and night terrors. She'll cry and be completely disoriented. The best thing we have found to help them is more sleep and earlier bedtimes. Being overtired can trigger it. So can a big change like a move, from what I have read. So hopefully she will adjust and it will get better soon. Good luck!!
Post a Comment