IronMaiden80
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Hi all,
DS is turning 11 months old this week and for the past 3-4 weeks, he has been tossing and turning in his sleep (with his eyes closed), sometimes he will wake up abruptly and burst out wailing. He usually sleeps at about 9.30pm after his last feeding and will start tossing in his sleep from close to 1am. Usually I will wait a while before going to him to see if he can fall back to sleep on his own but most of the time I have to pat him back to sleep. This will happen at least 5 - 6 times a night with at least 2 crying episodes. I am a full time working mother expecting #2 and I am taking care of him at night, this is the first time such thing is happening and I feel very sad to see him not able to sleep soundly like before... This is also affecting my sleep which makes me extremely exhausted at work.
During the day, it is my mil and helper who are his primary caregivers. I understand from my mil that she has reduced his nap sessions to just once in the afternoon which means there is a gap of about 7 hours from the time he wakes up say about 2+pm till he goes to bed at night. I do not feel that this is right and have asked her to try to go back to his usual routine of having 2 naps in the afternoon but she said babies do not need much sleep as they get older. Instead she told me not to play with him / make him laugh when I get back from work as this will trigger his nightmares.
Has any mummies have had the same experience? Has this got to do with lack of sleep during the day / too much play? Or could it be due to growth spurt? Appreciate your thoughts and views on this matter.
DS is turning 11 months old this week and for the past 3-4 weeks, he has been tossing and turning in his sleep (with his eyes closed), sometimes he will wake up abruptly and burst out wailing. He usually sleeps at about 9.30pm after his last feeding and will start tossing in his sleep from close to 1am. Usually I will wait a while before going to him to see if he can fall back to sleep on his own but most of the time I have to pat him back to sleep. This will happen at least 5 - 6 times a night with at least 2 crying episodes. I am a full time working mother expecting #2 and I am taking care of him at night, this is the first time such thing is happening and I feel very sad to see him not able to sleep soundly like before... This is also affecting my sleep which makes me extremely exhausted at work.
During the day, it is my mil and helper who are his primary caregivers. I understand from my mil that she has reduced his nap sessions to just once in the afternoon which means there is a gap of about 7 hours from the time he wakes up say about 2+pm till he goes to bed at night. I do not feel that this is right and have asked her to try to go back to his usual routine of having 2 naps in the afternoon but she said babies do not need much sleep as they get older. Instead she told me not to play with him / make him laugh when I get back from work as this will trigger his nightmares.
Has any mummies have had the same experience? Has this got to do with lack of sleep during the day / too much play? Or could it be due to growth spurt? Appreciate your thoughts and views on this matter.
