Well if you follow my posts , you might know that I had weaned Anshika completely off breastfeeding at 1.5 years. From then she started having a god night sleep of 8-9 hours (touchwood). But these days Anshika has started getting up at night like 2-4 AM and cries. The reasons I got were – hungry / cold/ heat due to layered dressing / wet diaper / mosquitoes.
Hungry not a possibility as I make sure she has a good balanced dinner. Cold no way she is well clothed in night suits and socks . Heat no way too as she is in a comfortable night suits meant for winters. Mosquitoes , no-no as I am using a good mosquito repellent. The remaining one yes wet diaper was the one who stole my daughter’s sleep.
So yesterday when she woke up at 2 AM, I decided to check her diaper. Oh my I was surprised to see a very heavy diaper that too like ice-cold. No wonder she felt cold there and lost her sleep. I make it a point to put on fresh diaper for her just before putting her to sleep, but within 2-3 hours it weighs equivalent to a 1/2 kg cold sack :(.
I felt sad and guilty. I should have checked my daughter’s diaper when she cried the previous night too. Hmmm. So yesterday I woke up and changed her diaper. She slept peacefully till 9 AM today :). Ask me how happy I am :):)
So if your baby / kid is having sleepless nights or interrupted sleep these days, make sure you check these things out . Hunger – Cold – Heat – Mosquitoes and yeah Wet Diapers !! Babies and kids urinate more frequently in winters and thus lose body heat quickly.
Happy weekend , catch you tomorrow with another post. Till then its mamma mia :):)
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Hi My daughter Harini is two years old, so. Long she didn’t have mid night waking habit. But from last one month between 1-3am she wakes and cries for no reason.I have tried giving food but c ‘ll avoid, no water also. Fully covered clothes for night sleep, also good air circulated room, also her diaper is dry . So couldn’t find out reason
May be the comfort and security factor is missing, gently pat her on her back till she is asleep. Hope this helps Poorni.
aww.. poor Anshika! Those diapers really do become cold! I also learnt this lesson the hard way 🙂
Same here Veens
I will share an experience which happened, around a couple of months back. One night my baby frequently got up, cried for a while & rolled uncomfortably. As usual, I thought she was hungry so I fed her and she slept. This happened every half an hour to one hour. At around 4am, I decided to check her diaper and lo behold…… I found that she had passed her stool long back, which had dried up completely and due to which, she had ugly rashes. I was so damn upset because this happened due to my carelessness. I usually apply Himalaya Rash cream and then only I diaper her but the tube had got over during that time and I had not purchased a new one for about a week. I could have applied any cold cream and atleast reduced the intensity of the rashes. It was really a big time experience for me and I can’t forget till date. Now everytime I diaper her, I make sure that she is perfectly and freshly moisturized with the rash cream and incase of its absence, any good cold cream can do the work but I would always recommend Himalaya’s. Its reasonably priced and lavishly available in the market.
So true … we learn from experience .. I used to feel guilty too ..