Why is my 10.5 month old suddenly waking up in the middle of the night?
My 10.5 month old daughter has started waking up in the middle of the night again. She'll sit in her crib playing or pulling herself to a standing position until she either starts to cry or until we go to check on her. Usually, she's just thirsty and will immediately fall back asleep once she has had her bottle, but as soon as we go to put down her crib, she'll wake up and the cycle will start all over again. This has been going on since our baby-sitter went on vacation and she was with a sub. Well, needless to say thank God the sub was just that--a sub. She constantly held her, carried her around the house all day, let her nap for several hours, and refused to follow our instructions on feeding. We'd pick our daughter up, and come to realize only one of her bottles was consumed and only half of her food. At the end, she told us she had been feeding her the food she had prepared for herself, which caused her to be constipated for several days. I have been driving myself batty trying to figure how to help her. I know she's tired and wants to sleep, but just simply refuses to unless she's on the couch with us. Her routine was interrupted for two weeks, so I'm also wondering if it's still because of that, or if it's a combination of that and her milestones she's reached. We're all exhausted, especially with expecting our second little bundle (I'm currently 7.5 months along). Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.
14 month old waking up in middle of night?
As harsh as it sounds, let him cry it out. All you are doing by going in and rubbing his back is establishing a pattern that will be very hard to break if it continues. I had the same problem with my son when he was about that age, and so I took him to the doctor to ask what they thought I should do, and he told me to let him cry. That is was simply a power struggle, and him testing his limits. It was not easy, I sat outside his bedroom door and cried and felt like the worst mom in history. He was persistant as well, and would scream for hours. It took two (really really really hard) nights, but he never did it again. And to this day I've not had any problems getting him to go to bed or stay in bed (he's almost 5 now). Good luck!
Why does my 18-month old son wake up every night crying?
My 18-month old son has been waking up almost every night around the same time (starts around 1 and 2 a.m.) then off and on for the remainder of the night. He has majority of his teeth out so I don't think its teething problems. He's not sick. In the middle of his sleep, he starts whimpering, then moving, then rubbing and kicking his legs together, then crying...and the whole time his eyes are closed. If we don't tend to him right away, he'll cry and cry forever and gets all wild and crazy crying. We can't calm him down. This has been happening constantly for the past month, almost 5 days out of the week. What's wrong?
My 13-month-old still wakes up in the middle of the night for a bottle. Is it too late to sleep train?
It is very common for children at around a year old to begin waking in the middle of the night again. They are not waking for food, they are waking out of habit. Do not make the mistake I made with my first which was to change and feed and cuddle back to sleep; they will come to rely on that. Now is the time to begin sleep training if you haven’t. Give your child time to soothe themselves back to sleep, go in only after they have not been able to for at least 5 minutes. Don’t say anything to them, avoid picking them up, just rub or pay their back until the are settled back down and leave. It is hard as a parent to hear them cry and it will take time for them to get this all figured out but you both can do this. I have done this with my last 3 children and we all sleep great!
My mom wakes me up in the middle of the night almost every night?
Ok I feel bad being mad about this but its a really bad habit now. Im a full time masters student and work full time. Im living with my mom while Im in school bc this way I dont pay rent which I cant afford. My mom is pretty dependent and has all these health issues. Well, she keeps waking me up every night. If she sees something funny online she will come rushing into my room and wake me up insisting I come look, or last night she woke me up to turn off my lamp at 2 am. Or she wakes me up at 1 am saying she doesnt feel good. Tonight she wakes me up at 4:30 AM to take the garbage down our long driveway bc it comes early in the morning. Wth!?! Im so freakin tired the next day and she wonders why Im mad!! I told her just one night Id like to not be woken up. She always makes me feel like a terrible person for getting mad. Help!
19 month old son wakes up in an OUTBURST of crying at night?
19 month old son goes to bed 8pm everynight with 6oz bottle, falls asleep shortly after on his own, bottle is pulled when he's asleep so he won't suck air. He is given gas relief before bed most nights because he's a very gassy boy. has all teeth except his 2 year molers which HAVE NOT started coming in yet. He wakes up crying like someone his hurting him and sometimes he's already standing up begging me to pulll him out of the crib and if i calm him down and go to lay him down again he screams and squirms and then after i'm sure nothing is physically wrong with him i do let him cry and he will eventually go back to sleep but will sometimes wake up again doing the same thing. He has not infused a habit of me coming in because we let him do everything on his own, this is different, but he has no fever, no swollen belly, not hungry.... just scared or something. He hasn't slept straight through the night since he was 4 months old, so he gets up to eat or look for his bink, that's it, the screaming/crying is unusual, he has said "ow" once but i could not associate it with anything. Tylenol and Ibuprofen do not seem to change anything on these nights, so I have no idea whats up.
Why did my cat suddenly start sleeping next to me?
I’m not sure what the details are here, but they matter. If your cat has been with you for years and suddenly has moved to sleep by your side, then yes, it wants to be warm, but I’d be looking for other things. This happened to me. My beloved cat of 11 years suddenly started snuggling with me every night, close, spooning, couldn’t get enough. I was ecstatic. He really does love me!! Couple months after his 12th birthday, he died of cancer. So while all these answers are true, a cat does want your warmth and he won’t take it unless he trusts you, if this is truly a “sudden” thing out of thin air, I’d be taking stock of everything that was going on. Does the cat seem depressed, does the cat seem lethargic, eating less, etc. I’m not trying to scare you, just to make you aware. You also have to take in factors like age, time spent with you, have there been other things introduced in the house, could it be a sudden insecurity over heaven knows what? I have one now that is fine being on his own until I put his shirt on (he has skin issues and we do this to keep him from licking) and then suddenly he can’t be out of my lap. However, I have known people who’ve taken in feral cats and years down the line, 6, 8 years, the cat suddenly decided their human was the best thing on earth. Now you know the “why”, you’ll have to be the judge of the cause. I’m hoping you’ve a cat that’s just finally figured out that he trusts his human.Photo is of my beloved Teazer.
I have intense pain in my hips, which wakes me up at night. It is relieved when I change position. What is going on?
Does it happen only in your hips? Does it occur in both hips? How old are you? How long have you been experiencing this? I'll venture a wild guess - osteoarthritis. But, without more information, and some imaging, as in X-RAYS, and/or a CT scan, it's really difficult to say for sure. I suggest you see an Orthopedic specialist. In the meantime, you could take some form of NSAID, such as ibuprofen or naproxen, which may provide you with some relief.WARNING! Do NOT take ANY form of NSAID if you have EVER experienced an ALLERGIC REACTION to NSAIDs in the past!