Can separation anxiety cause sleep issues?

[janiejones]

Or rather, is this what is going on here?

9mo boy will not sleep.  If I get him down at 9pm, he'll wake at midnight, then every 40-50 minutes thereafter.  He wants me and won't let me put him back down.
Last night he was WIDE EYES just watching me, and if he fell asleep and i put him in his crib he woke up in tears.

He's also in my shirt all the time.  He's not trying to nurse, he just wants to nuzzle my boobs and rub his face on the inside of my top, tug/chew on it's collar, etc.

[papie]

It's possible. My girls were very clingy and slept terribly around that age.

[janiejones]

Oct 1, 2013 14:38:34 GMT -5 papie said:

It's possible. My girls were very clingy and slept terribly around that age.

How long did it last?

[janiejones]

@booby how long were the phases? I need to sleep at some point.  I can't even get decent naps out of him (20 minutes at best, once a day!)

[Deleted]

Yup, sounds about right.

For us it was less putting down and more not being able to soothe when they woke up at night. But 9 months sounds about right. We noticed the separation anxiety during the day and put the pieces together for the nighttime stuff.

[snorky]

My dd was like this at 8-9ish months, but it coincided with her starting walking. The same thing happened when she sat up, stood up, and crawled for the first time- it was like she woke up in the middle of the night and wanted to try out her new tricks, but then realised that it was dark. Do you think that he is on the verge of a milestone?

[calledout]

I had exactly the same issues with my eldest son - esp the "don't want to nurse, just want to be near your boobs" thing. On a really shitty night, he woke up 13 m'effing times. I started letting him sleep w/ me. It was the only way to survive. Finally, around 2 years old he started sleeping in his own bed. He still wakes up around 3 or 4 a.m. each night and crawls in with me (he's 4 now). Most of the time I don't even notice - I just wake up and he's there. I wish you luck - that time was horrible.

[Deleted]

We are going through something similar. With the exception of illnesses, teething and major milestone times (like walking) for the most part Andy has STTN or been easy to put back down during a once or twice night waking.

The last three weeks or so it's been awful. He goes down fine, sleeps until 3 and then wide eyes and screaming if we leave. I don't know what to do.

H wants to sleep train and CIO but I'm not convinced it isn't just a stage. He is 15 mo.

[papie]

Anna's was maybe a month or two?
You don't want to know how long it lasted for Sophia