teething or separation anxiety?
Charlotte is now 11 months and up to Sunday night has been sleeping fantastic for a few months. In bed at 7.30, straight out then awake at about 8am. However Sunday night she was unsettled and was awake for 2 hours literally screaming the house down. We did all the usual things, take temp, check nappy, gave her Calpol, even tried her with some milk (which she did not want). Eventually we just had to put her down and leave her as when we were cuddling her she was smiling so we knew it wasn't anything serious. Last night I put her down to sleep and within 30 mins was screaming the place down. I had given her Calpol before her bath just in case as she is teething loads (5 teeth in a month)! I managed to eventually shush her to sleep by using the talk back on the baby monitor.
Do you think this is just down to her teething or maybe a phase of separation anxiety? I shushed her on the bm last night as when I go into the room then leave it makes her cry even more. She is suffering with her teething poor thing. I've just put her down for her nap and she screamed for a couple of minutes then went to sleep. OH lowered her mattress to bottom level on Sunday but we don't think it's that (trying to eliminate everything)!
I don't want her screaming again tonight as oh was away last night and not back until late Thursday!
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Do you think this is just down to her teething or maybe a phase of separation anxiety? I shushed her on the bm last night as when I go into the room then leave it makes her cry even more. She is suffering with her teething poor thing. I've just put her down for her nap and she screamed for a couple of minutes then went to sleep. OH lowered her mattress to bottom level on Sunday but we don't think it's that (trying to eliminate everything)!
I don't want her screaming again tonight as oh was away last night and not back until late Thursday!
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Eoin was exactly like this when teething not long ago... he usually goes straight off and not a peep till morn but he did the same as you described with your LO, and we do think it was the teething in the end. But I wouldnt disregard your comment about lowering the cot, babies notice the smallest change... and it probably gave her a bit of a different 'view' to normal and may have niggled her a bit, good luck. hopefully shes back to normal xxx
I'm trying not to make a big deal of this with her as that will make it worse. That's why I'm using the baby monitor instead of going upstairs all the time. Now she's coming up to year old I don't want her to get used to us running to her every whim. I know that might sound cruel but I'm a bit strict on bed-time and I want her to keep being used to settling by herself as much as possible.
I really don't know what is causing this sudden change at bed-time. She has had 5 teeth come thru in about 4-5 weeks so that might be it. She's also a bit clingy during the day, always wanting me when I'm around so could be the separation she hates. I don't know! When I put her down for her nap earlier she cried when I left the room but settled down after 5 mins or so, so that was an improvement.
I don't really know why I'm going on like this as it's not a huge problem, not like some other mums have on here!!
I knew I should have kept quiet last week when I told a friend how brilliant Charlotte was at bed-time - lol!!
Hope she does the same tonight.
I had a letter come thru from the docs too about having her 12 month booster jabs too at start of Jan -a few days before her party. Hope it doesn't upset her too much and her sleeping again!