So first of all, what is a split night? Well simply put, it is when your little baby (or toddler) wakes in the middle of the night for a LONG period of time and won't or can't go back to sleep. This could be up to a few hours or so.
Split nights are typically due to unbalanced daytime sleep. Usually it's that the nap totals for the day are too much for your baby and/ or their bedtime is too early. This causes too-low sleep pressure and the circadian rhythm being thrown off. Imagine they've had 3 or 4 hours of nap time during the day.
Shift bedtime back
For example, if your baby is napping later in the day yet is still being put to sleep at their usual bedtime, try moving bedtime back by 15 to 30 minutes. Then wake them 15 to 30 minutes earlier in the morning. This is a temporary adjustment to help realign their sleep pressure and circadian rhythm.
Night splints (braces) may be used to treat conditions such as Achilles tendinopathy and plantar fasciitis. The splint holds the foot with the toes pointed up. This position applies a constant, gentle stretch to the plantar fascia.
Sleep Cycle: Babies wake up during the night primarily because their brain waves shift and change cycles as they move from REM (rapid eye movement) sleep to other stages of non-REM sleep. The different wave patterns our brains make during certain periods define these sleep cycles or “stages” of sleep.
You may be offering your child too much total sleep in 24 hours. Just like too much daytime and overnight sleep separately can cause split nights, too much sleep over 24 hours can lead to split nights. This is especially true for low sleep needs littles.
Most newborns need eight to 12 feedings a day — about one feeding every two to three hours. While waking up a sleeping baby might seem like a bad idea, frequent feedings early on are important for a couple of reasons: Crying is a late sign of hunger.
Split nights are different from other night wakings. They normally consist of just one waking in the night and can last up to 2 or 3 hours. Most of the time, your child isn't even upset or crying, they're just... awake.
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A night splint looks similar to a boot or sock. You put it on your foot before you go to sleep, and the device lifts your toes and holds your foot in a gentle stretch all night long. Wearing a night splint shouldn't be painful, but you should feel a stretch along the sole of your foot.
Now, split nights happen when baby's natural circadian rhythm and age-appropriate sleep pressure are misaligned. This can happen due to sleep disruptions, such as illness and the development of new skills. These instances are tiring and frustrating, but fleeting. They should correct themselves after a few days.
Assuming your baby's circadian rhythm is scheduling a 6 A.M. wake up, then her body starts to secrete cortisol three hours prior to that. And at this point, the melatonin production has ceased for the night. So baby hits the end of a sleep cycle around 3:00.
Developmental Progression AKA Sleep Regression
Normal development can also be a cause of a split night. If this is the cause of your baby's long night waking, you'll probably notice that they are practicing a new skill (rolling, sitting, crawling, standing, walking etc.)
Just knowing that Second Night Syndrome is common may help you relax a bit. Almost every baby experiences this, but it will last only a night or two.
Night-waking is normal during early infancy and healthy babies experience several awakenings per night at the end of sleep cycles. New-born babies have very small stomachs, and need to feed often, so they wake at least every 2-3 hours in order to do so, sometimes more often.
Most babies will sleep through the night, some with one lingering feeding, by six months of age. The main reason why some babies still wake their parents every night is because a solid night of sleep is not only a matter of development.
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Assuming your baby's circadian rhythm is scheduling a 7 am wake up, her body ceases to produce melatonin and begins secreting cortisol around 4 am. Around that time she will naturally complete a sleep cycle by moving from a stage of deep sleep back into a “slightly awake” state.
Try: Adjusting the waketime before bed in 15 minute intervals. Typical waketime before bed in the beginning of this transition is 4-5 hours. Split Nights: When Baby stays awake in the middle of the night for 1-2 hours, typically calm/happy. Try: A shorter waketime before bed, even by just 15 minutes.
Beginning to nurse or feed your baby while they're still calm will facilitate the most successful breastfeeding results. Once crying begins, it can be harder to properly latch.
So if your baby really is hungry, they usually won't go back to sleep very easily until they've been fed. If they nod off after five or ten minutes of crying, that's a pretty reliable sign that they were just looking for some help getting back to sleep and not actually in need of a feed.
Do Babies Naturally Drop Night Feeds? It is natural for babies to drop night feeds on their own. This is because your baby will be able to last longer without food. You can start to prep your baby to drop night weaning by gradually giving him less time on the breast each night.