Sleep issues

To date we have been really lucky in terms of sleeping. Kiya had nap issues when first home and we are working through some nap issues now but night time sleeping was never an issue.

Kiya slept through the night from the time she came home until about a week or so ago unless she was sick or teething. She has been going down to bed just fine even in the new twin bed. She mostly stays in bed at night maybe on a rare night gets up once but then goes right back down.

She is a good self soother and we always put her down awake and she puts herself to sleep. She has never needed rocking and when first home she wasn't a fan of that much contact as we built up trust. Life was really easy. Kiya was a very easy baby. She would sleep 12-13 plus hours straight through every night.

Well not so much nowadays. She still goes to bed well but like clock work around 1 or 2am she is awake. She isn't crying or screaming. She doesn't usually get out of bed unless she needs a new diaper then she will. However she doesn't go right back to sleep. She is often awake for 2-3 or more hours at a time in the wee hours of the morning. She is singing, talking, testing her vocal range. She isn't upset just awake. And this momma has a hard time sleeping through it.

I last night did something I swore I would never do. I climbed into bed with Kiya at about 4am after 3 hours of hearing multiple verses of wheels on the bus or head, shoulders, knees and toes. Yup. I caved. And you know what within 10 minutes or less Kiya was sound asleep. I stayed with her for another 10 minutes or so and then went back to bed. She stayed asleep until just after 8am.

I have no idea if it is the new bed, the potential for freedom, the testing of limits or what but I miss my good sleeper. So if anyone out there in blog land has any suggestions I am more than willing to listen. I don't want to start something (me climbing into her bed) that is going to be really hard to get rid of later but right now it is my best option. I only wish I had done it at 2am instead of 4. Then we all could have had more consecutive hours of sleep.