![]() ![]() So I would really like to know what I should do to help us all get through this really difficult phase? Yesterday we started gradual cry it out going in a 5,10,15 mins. ![]() There has been no other change to her routine - although my husband, who is a teacher, recently went back to school after the summer holidays and this is when the problems started - so I can only think that she is now experiencing seperation anxiety either as a result of him going back to work after spending 6 weeks at home with us ( he is very involved in her care) or just as a change in our day,or just that she is going through normal seperation anxiety with me at this time. She also seems to be off her solid food lately and only picks at things and mainly eats her snacks and still has breastmilk four times a day. During the day, she is absolutely fine and happy and cheerful, although the lack of sleep is making her look tired and I am worried about her getting chronic exhaustion. She doesn't show signs of teething - no fever, pink cheeks, drooling etc (although she did teeth her two front teeth not long ago) but we have given her nurofen just in case but it has made no difference to her. Her naps, when I have finally rocked her to sleep, have gone from 1.5 hours to 30 minutes. It used to be the case that we would put her to bed drowsy and she would roll over and then fall asleep, or she would sit up and play for a bit and then would lie down to sleep. She is waking in the night and it has taken us nearly two hours for her to go back to sleep by rocking her into a very deep state and then putting her back in the cot. She cries as soon as she is put down in the cot and will now scream for as long as it takes for one of us to go in and get her. The last few days she no longer self settles herself to sleep. She did wake during bouts of teething, but we were always able to soothe her back to sleep and it was never a problem. As horrible and traumatic to us as it was, she responded well to it and has been able to self settle following a wind down routine for both her naps and bedtime. We sleep trained her at seven months using full CIO method for both naps and bedtime. She has previously been a good sleeper - would take 2 1.5 hour naps in the morning and afternoon and would sleep around 7pm- 5.30-6.30am. If you’re struggling with sleep but it’s not a regression, or you’re not sure if it’s a regression, take our simple 6 question sleep quiz to find out WHY your baby keeps waking up at night.Please could i have some advice please as I am at my wits end! Know that this too shall pass eventually. Stick to your regular routines and timing. Try to address the root cause to eliminate what is distracting them. Sleep regressions can happen at any age if your child is growing physically or neurological and is distracted. Teething: Can you offer any pain relief before naps or at 3 am to help with those early wake ups? Summary Motor leaps: Offer plenty of time to practice during the day and practice helping your baby to learn to sit from standing. How can you help distract your child from what’s distracting them? Consider the root cause of the regression - teething or motor leaps. Continue with your bedtime and nap time routines but offer more attention as needed. Just because your baby is distracted at sleep time, it doesn’t mean that they are not capable. What Can You Do To Ease the 10 Month Sleep Regression? This chart from the American Dental Society shows the average ages of tooth eruptions. Your baby surfaces from a sleep cycle and is then distracted by the discomfort in her gums and can’t relax back down into sleep. ![]() If one tooth takes 1 to 2 weeks you can imagine that if you have multiple teeth erupting this could take even longer! Many parents report 4 week of on and off disrupted sleep and the most common sign with teething is 5 am wake ups. This can be very confusing to parents, but is completely normal. You might have a terrible day but then have a fine day the next day. During that time the pain might ebb and flow. For one tooth coming through it could take 1 to 2 weeks for that tooth to protrude once you have the first signs of teething pain. So teething is often a hind sight diagnosis of what’s been happening. Once you can see the teeth the pain has receded. The pain with teething occurs before the teeth have cut through the gums. ![]() Upper and lower lateral incisions are often erupting and for late teethers the upper central incisors. Teething can be more challenging at this age since there is often an eruption of teeth at the 10-11 month age. ![]()
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