Waking up at night?

MommyToAshley wrote: Anyone else's baby (errr, toddler) started waking up at night again? Ashley has, but it is odd. All we have to do is walk in her room and say, "go back to bed" (we walk right back out) and she lays down and goes right back to sleep. If we don't go in there, she cries until we do. Anyone else experience this? Maybe she is just missing us or wants to make sure we are still here? She's been sleeping great ever since about 9 months and then she just started waking up at night again.

paradisemommy replied: sorry no help here...he's in our bed...

Heather replied: Hey! As of 2 nights ago, Ali has been in her own bed She does get up a few times a night, but she whimpers a few seconds and goes back to sleep. There is one time where I have to go back in there. I give her a hug, lay her back down, give her her elephant and she falls right back to sleep. Maybe it is just a phase. I have only had 2 nights of experience but I have been having the same situation here. It is good that she falls back asleep!

amynicole21 replied: Well, I can't really help because Sophia has NEVER slept through the night... not one time (well, maybe one time, but I can't really be sure... ) She is beginning to put herself back to sleep during naps, though... interesting!

ediep replied: Jason has been waking up at night again, but I think it has something to do with his molars coming in. Sometimes, he'll wake up, wimper a few times, then go back to sleep. Sometimes he'll cry until I go in a rock him a bit.

Maddie&EthansMom replied: Maddie still wakes up sometimes in the middle of the night. I just have to go in there and stroke her head a few times and kiss her on the cheek and she is back to sleep. She has bad dreams sometimes and I think wakes up startled and tries to figure out where she is and why the house is so quiet.

MommyToAshley replied:
That's great Heather!!!

WTG Ali!!!

MommyToAshley replied: I wonder if Ashley is having bad dreams too? Or, it might be her molars again like Jason? This is the time I wish she could talk and tell me what is wrong!

CantWait replied: I know at around 6 months babies go through a separation axciety where they wake up, and need to know that you're still there and that you'll still to respond to them. Maybe toddlers go through the same thing to a different extent????

MomToJade&Jordan replied: Jade has actually been doing this since right before she turned 1. Sometimes she will quietly fuss herself back to sleep like she did this morning. Other times she gets up and I have to go in there and do something. Usually I give her gas drops and some tylenol because it's either one of these things that's causing her to wake up. Last night I actually had to bring her in bed with us for a couple of hours so she would sleep. She did sleep through the night a couple of nights ago which was the first time in a while. If anything it's a phase and she will grow out of it eventually.

MomToMany replied: I'm not much help, either, I'm afraid. Hannah's been waking up again at night. She's been sick lately, but she's been doing this for awhile. She will sometimes fall asleep on her own again, but sometimes she just wants mom.

supermom replied: Maybe it's the time of year, because for the last two nights Anders has been crawling in bed with us again. Last night he came up and told me he just wanted to snuggle with me for a while. I've been so tired with the house and all, I fell back asleep until Emily woke up, and I just didn't have the heart to move Anders to his bed. Four in a bed is interesting....LOL!!

Anders has done this before too, but after a few nights, he goes back to sleeping all night. Hopefully it's just a phase, and she'll quit after a bit.

jem0622 replied: It could be many things. Gabe is waking again also. But here are some things that I think are bothering him

- More toofers coming in
- Off of the bottle, but still nursing...so if he isn't getting enough during the day out of the cup then I think he wants to compensate
- Days away from his first steps. Any kind of developmental milestones/changes can disturb them. And he wants to climb on everything! OY!
- Definitely agree about the changes in daylight

I do go to him when he fusses b/c I'm a bit worried about keeping him hydrated. But in retrospect he only gets up once a night. I don't count when he wakes up to nurse when I'm getting ready for work.

Julie