This was night 3/4 (i've lost count now) of the same waking patterns and I don't understand what happened or what changed and why she is like this.
DD is 21 months and has always been a rough sleeper, she has never slept through the night, the longest she has gone is 6 hours at a time I think. She was still nursing through the night and numerous times a day, but then we went to visit my family in the States for 6 weeks and she weaned herself down to twice a day and once or twice in the morning, that was great! I got used to that, then we both got really sick with a stomach virus and she nursed all throughout the night for 2/3 nights because that was all she could keep down.
Fast forward to today, about 3 weeks since the sickness, and the past few nights she has been sleeping great from 8/9pm, from me nursing/laying next to her, until around 1/2am when she's been waking up and rooting constantly wanting to nurse. Usually, I turn over with my back to her so she realizes it's not time to nurse and she will fuss for a min or two but then fall back asleep again. Now, she doesn't quit, just keeps whining, crying, complaining and throwing herself around the bed.
Last night we tried a new tactic of putting her in her own bed in her room, she slept great until 12:30 and DH went in, somehow got her back to sleep but from that point on it was every single hour if not sooner that she would wake up, fully wake up, not just whining. Finally he brought her into bed around 4am and that didn't help one bit, I'm pretty sure she actually only slept for a total of 30-45 mins from then until I finally got her up at 630 because she just fussed, whined and would not fall asleep. She has been perfectly fine since I got her up watching Baby Signing Time and eating A LOT. She is clearly tired but seems as though she can't get to sleep, or won't. I tried Tylenol last night but it didn't seem to work either.
ANY ideas or help on this one? I am absolutely done with nursing at night now, I want my sleep back and our bed. I want to wean her altogether when she's two, if not before. I just can't stand it anymore, which makes me sad because I used to love it. But every time she latches on now it makes me feel enraged and angry. A feeling I hate.
Please help Mamas!!
DD is 21 months and has always been a rough sleeper, she has never slept through the night, the longest she has gone is 6 hours at a time I think. She was still nursing through the night and numerous times a day, but then we went to visit my family in the States for 6 weeks and she weaned herself down to twice a day and once or twice in the morning, that was great! I got used to that, then we both got really sick with a stomach virus and she nursed all throughout the night for 2/3 nights because that was all she could keep down.
Fast forward to today, about 3 weeks since the sickness, and the past few nights she has been sleeping great from 8/9pm, from me nursing/laying next to her, until around 1/2am when she's been waking up and rooting constantly wanting to nurse. Usually, I turn over with my back to her so she realizes it's not time to nurse and she will fuss for a min or two but then fall back asleep again. Now, she doesn't quit, just keeps whining, crying, complaining and throwing herself around the bed.
Last night we tried a new tactic of putting her in her own bed in her room, she slept great until 12:30 and DH went in, somehow got her back to sleep but from that point on it was every single hour if not sooner that she would wake up, fully wake up, not just whining. Finally he brought her into bed around 4am and that didn't help one bit, I'm pretty sure she actually only slept for a total of 30-45 mins from then until I finally got her up at 630 because she just fussed, whined and would not fall asleep. She has been perfectly fine since I got her up watching Baby Signing Time and eating A LOT. She is clearly tired but seems as though she can't get to sleep, or won't. I tried Tylenol last night but it didn't seem to work either.
ANY ideas or help on this one? I am absolutely done with nursing at night now, I want my sleep back and our bed. I want to wean her altogether when she's two, if not before. I just can't stand it anymore, which makes me sad because I used to love it. But every time she latches on now it makes me feel enraged and angry. A feeling I hate.
Please help Mamas!!
could she be cutting her two year molars? Also, we had great luck with moving DS to his own bed after nightweaning, and having DH take over nighttime with him. He now sleeps 6-8 hour stretches every night. We'v even had a couple 10 hour stretches!
