I am seriously starting to lose my mind. My 17 month old dd co-sleeps with me and has never been a "good sleeper". However, around 14 or 15 months she started to get a little better (as in a few nights a week she would wake only twice a night instead of every one to two hours), and I thought, 
, she's finally starting to sleep better.
But the past two weeks she is back to waking every one to two hours all night long, AND she is now waking up for the day even earlier than she did before. She is getting her last one year old molar and may be getting even more teeth, but, seriously, can teething really be making her sleep this poorly when it doesn't seem to bother her at all during the day?? (and I have tried a little motrin/tylenol/hylands teething tablets at bedtime and nothing seems to make any difference) To make matters even worse we are away from DH for two months so I don't get to "sleep in" at all , as DH would often take her for a few hours in the morning if we had a rough night.
Ugh. I just want to hear that other people have babies this age doing the same thing and that it is a normal stage and will pass. We are staying with my parents and they keep implying there is something wrong with dd and that co-sleeping and nursing aren't helping. She is still nursing (all night long it feels like!) and I know that night weaning isn't an option yet. I have a sneaking suspicion that things won't get much better until she is night weaned, but I'm clinging to the hope that she'll start magically sleeping better and night wean herself. Sorry this is rambling. I am too tired to make a coherent post. Thanks for listening....
, she's finally starting to sleep better.But the past two weeks she is back to waking every one to two hours all night long, AND she is now waking up for the day even earlier than she did before. She is getting her last one year old molar and may be getting even more teeth, but, seriously, can teething really be making her sleep this poorly when it doesn't seem to bother her at all during the day?? (and I have tried a little motrin/tylenol/hylands teething tablets at bedtime and nothing seems to make any difference) To make matters even worse we are away from DH for two months so I don't get to "sleep in" at all , as DH would often take her for a few hours in the morning if we had a rough night.
Ugh. I just want to hear that other people have babies this age doing the same thing and that it is a normal stage and will pass. We are staying with my parents and they keep implying there is something wrong with dd and that co-sleeping and nursing aren't helping. She is still nursing (all night long it feels like!) and I know that night weaning isn't an option yet. I have a sneaking suspicion that things won't get much better until she is night weaned, but I'm clinging to the hope that she'll start magically sleeping better and night wean herself. Sorry this is rambling. I am too tired to make a coherent post. Thanks for listening....
it will get better. Have you read Sleepless in America? It has great advice for structuring your day to help maximize nighttime sleep.
