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12-16-2012 at 10:58 PM
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sleep question

Backstory My dd has been sleeping 1213hr nights since about 4months. sleep is not an issue. She's currently taking 2 naps a day and is usually awake by 4pm at the latest if not earlier from her second nap. she goes to sleep about 6:15/6:45 every night. I am also the only parent around and ao all except for one night a week other night is grandma its me putting her to bed. she also spends most of her time with me and is hardly ever left with others except my mom and then occasional other ppl from time to time.
Here's the thing...about 1.5 weeks ago she has started waking about one hr after going to sleep at night. she isn't hungry and yet wont self soothe back to sleep. All she seems to need is for me to come in, rub her head, give her a kiss and then leave. she will go back to sleep. then an hr later, same thing. sometimes its a third time too. then she's asleep straight through the rest of the night. I feel as though she's waking and wants/needs the reassurance that mommy is still here. that its not grandma she's had a hard time with her lately and will wake for her too but not take the reassurance .
So the question is, has anyone else dealt with anything similar? My dd usually sleeps super well and likes her crib,but it seems that this waking habit to "check" on if mommys here is getting stuck. i have tried a cpl nights to just let her cry and she just gets more and more worked up. all I have to do is like I said above and she's calm. i don't even pick her up.
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12-17-2012 at 3:04 AM
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DS did this for a week or two last month. He nursed to sleep and then woke 45mins-1hour later needing a cuddle from me or from DH. Usually me, LOL.

We just went with it, since we were still awake and doing jobs around the house...it seems to have passed as quickly as it started. A few of the other babies in my local IRL mom group have also experienced this.

I think it will pass soon!

 
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12-17-2012 at 8:45 AM
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We went through this as well for a couple of weeks last month.  Same thing - like clockwork he woke up 2 hours after going to bed.  He didn't need/want to nurse or anything, just a cuddle, a minute or so of rocking and he was right back to sleep.  It passed quickly and he's back to his normal sleep schedule.  I tried one or two nights to just let him soothe back to sleep with no success so I just went with it too.

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12-17-2012 at 8:51 AM
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We're going through this right now and it has affected his naps as well. It has been so frustrating and we have tried both CIO and picking him up. If we pick him up he will only be happy if he sleeps in our bed. But he loves his crib and hasn't slept in our bed since he was about 6 weeks old.

He wakes up from his naps very quickly when he used to take 2- 2 hour naps. It wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't so cranky from the missed sleep! I too have heard this happening to other moms around this age. I'm hoping this phase passes quickly!
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12-17-2012 at 10:16 PM
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My LO went through this for a loooong time. He always seemed to really need us and not just complaining so we would go in and soothe and rock or whatever he needed to calm down. I think it's normal and I always thought it was separation anxiety .... ?  
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