wear did my good sleeper go?

[BetsyBoop]

DD (who is 2 days off 10months) used to be such a good sleeper 7pm to 6-630am virtually every night, until about 3 weeks ago that is.....

Now she is waking up 3 or more times a night & refusing to settle again & I'm getting desperate for sleep.....

I don't think she's teething, I've tried a dose of liquid paracetamol at bedtime & it's made no difference (that always worked when she was teething before, she has 5 teeth already)

Is it just a phase she's going through, linked to development (she's just started crawling & is starting to try & pull herself up to standing) and/or separation anxiety?

amy pearls of wisdom gratefully received........

[BBWBabeLisa]

I'll be really interested in any answers to this too. DD is 9mths old tomorrow, and since about 10 weeks has slept thru 8 til 8. This weekend she had a bout of croup (and admittedly she's still got a wee bit of a snuffle and cough) and it's thrown her sleep right out. She now goes down as normal after bath and bottle, only to wake within the hour and refuse to settle for several hours. Its like she's treating bedtime as another nap. She's not settling til gone midnight and sleeping til 9.30ish. Would appreciate advice on which method may be best, CC, NCSS, whatever else.

[fifiandtheflowertots]

i also need advixe on this, ds is 5 month, used to sleep from 8pm-7am but now is waking up earlier and wont settle back down after feed, change etc. he started waking at 6.30 then 6 and this morning it was 4.40, i cant cope as im shattered and dp is working all day so im on my own

[jambot]

No advise on the older babies waking I'm afraid. With the 5 month old it may be diet related. Is he on solids yet?

[fifiandtheflowertots]

he's having some solids, about 1 jar a day, but im having problems getting him to have his bottle for bed. last night i left him longer between feeds so that he was hungry but keeps sticking his toungue out so i cant feed him after about 2oz. So i gave him a jar of porridge and he had that then a tiny bit more milk.

[jambot]

And, what happened during the night?

[fifiandtheflowertots]

it takes him a while to settle and once he does go down about 9.30 he'll sleep till between 5-6 then doesnt nap until 12ish. i know the long stretch is still good but he was doing 12 hours when he was having a bottle. Im just concerened that he's not getting enough milk

[tiredbusymum]

Im new to this website however im desperate for any advise on how to settle a screaming 2 year old at night, she used to sleep 12 hours 7 till 7 now she is up at 3.30,4.30 and 5.30 then up till 11.30 and sleeps through lunch, she hardly eats anything but she is not ill and I work full time and need sleep desperatly as partner is utterley useless. I leave her as long as I can before going in to settle her I dont know what else to do! any help would be appreciated