Alethea hasn’t really been sleeping well lately.  All night long I hear her periodically whining/fussing/talking in her room.  This probably explains why she been pretty cranky during the day as well.  She’s also had a persistent cold for the past two weeks.  So my question is, does not sleeping well mean she can’t get over her cold, or is her cold keeping her from sleeping well at night?

Or I guess it could be both…

Some other possibilities to consider:

1) Daylight savings change making her cranky

2) Not getting outside as much because it’s cold and she’s sick

3) Vitamin deficiency (especially Vitamin D, due to lack of sunlight)

4) Her room being too cold at night

5) Growth spurt

6) Teething (is it too soon for her 2 year old molars to be bugging her?)

With so many possibilities to consider, I’m not even sure where to start, but I think I may do some research into toddler sleeping because I feel so bad for her at night and I really miss my happy fun girl during the day. If anyone has any tips/thoughts/suggestions, please let me know.  I’d really love to get this mystery solved.