Help: 7-7 baby waking up occasionally in the middle of the night.

joolz17

If he regularly sleeps all night, I mean.

G was doing awesome from 7-7-ish without a wakeup. Then he got sick and he woke himself up coughing and needed a little snuggle or food/water/advil/tylenol to get back to sleep.

Then he got better and was good again. 

But I'd say once or twice a week for the last two weeks he has been waking up once a night at different times screaming, and is inconsolable. I have gone in to pat his back or hold his hand while he goes back to sleep, and when I go in he is standing in his crib crying bloody murder. I have let him cry for 5-7 minutes to see if he goes back to sleep but the crying never even gets weaker.

He may have another tooth coming up (it is broken through the surface but still coming up), so that could be what's bothering him, BUT. What if it isn't?

What would you do? Help!

Chunstad

Holy crap, how awful, I'm sorry!  I wonder if it is too early for night terrors?  Sorry, I'm no help, but I'm thinking about you

ashleypembroke

Chunstad:

Holy crap, how awful, I'm sorry!  I wonder if it is too early for night terrors?  Sorry, I'm no help, but I'm thinking about you

Not too early for night terrors but doesn't really sound like them. I don't really have any answers either but I'm sorry! That sucks! Hopefully, the tooth comes on through and that will have been what it was.

mamaZbo

Same thing here. Was sleeping with no issues, but now is waking up once a night just screaming and inconsolable. I've been bringing her in bed with us, but that is not working because she sleeps, but neither DH or I do. I am at a loss. I am hoping it is just teeth and will go away as suddenly as it started. I was thinking that maybe she is getting ready to do something new, or that she is learning so many new things that her brain just keeps her up. She did this right before she started crawling and right before walking. I don't know what is next-talking?

 

ashleypembroke

Ears maybe?

joolz17

Thanks, ladies.

 I don't think it's ears since he was just at the dr for his one year checkup yesterday and everything was a-okay there.

 

Jazzym12

I talked to my pedi about this because E started waking up screaming like someone was hurting her and she said night terrors start around this age.

joolz17

Jazzym12:

I talked to my pedi about this because E started waking up screaming like someone was hurting her and she said night terrors start around this age.

What did your pedi say to do, Jazzy?

Tink112011

My DS does this frequently.  Not every night, but frequently. Just a one time screaming wake-up.  I always go in and console him.  I take him out of his crib and cuddle him back to sleep.  He always calms down the moment I pick him up.

I know all the sleep training literature says NOT to take them out of their crib, but I just can't do that in the middle of the night.  For one, I'm tired, and two, I just can't bear the thought of him waking up in a panic and not consoling him.  I sleep trained him to fall asleep in his crib, but I tend to any screaming wake-ups after that.  I figure eventually he'll outgrow it and otherwise he is an ok sleeper.  Last night he slept 7-7 just fine, so who knows.

michpedelle85

My DS does this because he is getting molars. Those things are painful!!

Jazzym12

joolz17:

Jazzym12:

I talked to my pedi about this because E started waking up screaming like someone was hurting her and she said night terrors start around this age.

What did your pedi say to do, Jazzy?

She said if she needs to be consoled then to go in but if not see if she will work through it.

joolz17

Jazzym12:

joolz17:

Jazzym12:

I talked to my pedi about this because E started waking up screaming like someone was hurting her and she said night terrors start around this age.

What did your pedi say to do, Jazzy?

She said if she needs to be consoled then to go in but if not see if she will work through it.

thanks, mama! I like E's sheep ticker.