11 month old wide awake for 2 hours in the middle of the night

Iniciado por Vera J. · 14 de junio de 2025 · 5 respuestas
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Vera J.

hace alrededor de 1 año

New problem here. My 11 month old has started having a full-on 'split night', wakes around 1am and is just AWAKE, happy, babbling, trying to stand and play for nearly 2 hours before crashing back to sleep around 3am. She's not upset, just totally alert.

What causes this? She naps twice (about 2.5 hrs total) and bedtime is 7. Is she getting too much day sleep now?

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Emma X.

hace alrededor de 1 año

Split nights at this age are almost always a total-sleep issue, she's getting enough sleep across 24 hours so her body just decides 1-3am is awake time. The fix is usually cutting day sleep or pushing bedtime later. 2.5 hrs of naps + early bedtime might be a touch too much now.

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Marek Q.

hace alrededor de 1 año

We had this exactly at 11 months. Trimmed daytime nap by 30 min and pushed bedtime from 7 to 7:30, and the night wakings disappeared in about 4 days. She just didn't have enough sleep pressure to make it through the night with that much day sleep.

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Mei D.

hace alrededor de 1 año

Keep it boring during the awake window, no playing, no picking up, dim and dull, so she doesn't learn that 1am is fun social time. We made the mistake of engaging at first and it reinforced it. Treat it like night even though she's happy.

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Maria Z.

hace alrededor de 1 año

Also worth checking she's not approaching the 2-to-1 nap transition, around 11-14 months some babies need less day sleep and the split night is the first sign. Capping that second nap helped us bridge toward one nap.

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Felix I.

hace alrededor de 1 año

Update from when we were in this: it was 100% too much day sleep for our girl. Capped naps at 2 hours total and shifted bedtime 30 min later. The 2am party phase was gone within a week. Try the schedule tweak before anything else, it's the usual culprit.

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