After a terrible night last night, she refused to sleep more than 30 minutes for each of her naps today. Second nap I tried to put her back down, but she screamed bloody murder and refused to go back to sleep, even in my arms. I put her down for bed an hour before her normal bedtime- I could tell she was tired. She slept 30 minutes and was done. She'll sleep lightly if Im holding her, but is instantly awake if I so much as lean over. DH is trying now and she's been screaming the entire time.
She doesn't act like she's teething, she's not running a fever, her diaper is clean. WTH? She has NEVER acted like this- never been a crier, much less a screamer. My brain is about to explode....
Re: She WILL.NOT.SLEEP
I thought teething or ear infection too. You do not have to have a fever for an ear infection. My 4 year old nephew recently had an ear infection without a fever but he was acting so out of sorts that my bro actually took him to the ER because it was Sunday and he sensed there was something going on. The fever actually came the next day when he had been on antibiotics on for 12 hours already.
GL!
A friends baby was inconsolable but was not running a fever. Finally took her to the ER and it was a nasty ear infection. She got antibiotics and was 100% better the next day.
Neither of my kids have ever had a fever with an ear infection.
I would say ear infection, teething (this is the only time my DS really screams overnight), the 8/9 month sleep regression and separation anxiety are all prime candidates.
8-10 months was probably the most difficult period of sleep for both of my kids. By 10.5-11 months it was MUCH better. It can't hurt to get ears checked or give some tylenol for teething, but mostly do whatever you need to do to get through this period. For us it was lots of bedsharing.