1 hr 11 minutes and still crying- help

mela-sha · May 2011

DD goes down for naps easily and very happily. She will talk to her blankie and even laugh and then fall asleep.

At bedtime however, she will scream and shout. We have tried CIO 2 months back and since then she sleeps after about 5-10 minutes of crying. It never got better than that but we thought it may get better.

Today it has been more than an hour. I went in 5 times but she was screaming murder. We have never heard her cry for so long.

DH went inside to walk her to sleep and I came here for suggestions or help.

Please help.

Why would she go down happily for naps but not at night?

thanks

nap: 12- 3 pm

bedtime- 9 pm

wakes up- at 7 am

Does not wake up at night (thankfully)

meg1974 · May 2011

I'm not sure, but just wanted to say that DD did something similar last night. DH stayed in her room with her, and she cried for about 20 minutes. Even that is unusual for her. Some people suggested she was overtired, so that might be the case for your LO as well.

Could it be teething?

mela-sha · May 2011

meg1974:
I'm not sure, but just wanted to say that DD did something similar last night. DH stayed in her room with her, and she cried for about 20 minutes. Even that is unusual for her. Some people suggested she was overtired, so that might be the case for your LO as well.
Could it be teething?

thank you for the reply. i was hoping for at least 1 reply. she does not have any teeth yet but i see no other signs of teething. she is happy for naps. maybe i will try an earlier bedtime tomorrow. i am really at my wits end. i wish i knew what was upsetting her. she finally went to sleep.

dragon_chica · May 2011

Possibly teething or she's overtired. Try doing an earlier bedtime.

MCC1010 · May 2011

Signs of teething are all over the place IMO. Matthew will pull on his ear, have a runny nose and have diahrea when a tooth is coming in. She may just need to cuddle a little bit tonight.

sapphire angel · May 2011

I was going to guess over tired or teething or possibly both. The few times LO has acted like that she was teething which kept her up and so she became over tired...We finally settled after getting some teething tablets, motrin, (I'll admit to some Benadryl after 90 minutes of crying) and she finally fell asleep with a teether in her mouth at close to 2 hours.

Good Luck, I hope it quiets down soon...

denahamilton@cox.net · May 2011

dragon_chica:
Possibly teething or she's overtired. Try doing an earlier bedtime.

THIS!

DS goes to bed at 7:30 and sleeps through to 7:30 with no wakings. THANK YOU BABYWISE.

Some days he still takes 2 naps, others just one from 1p-3p.

Good luck!

mela-sha · May 2011

thank you, will try it tomorrow

etude de la vie · May 2011

When DD was that age she would be really over-tired on that schedule.

She was going to bed at 7:30 waking up at 6:30 and taking a 1-2 hour nap.

I would say she sounds over-tired. We have had a few nights like that with DD and I let her fall asleep in my arms watching sesame street, and they have always ben nights when she had a very long active day and a late bedtime.

balibaby · May 2011

This might sound random, but in general it sounds like she has a harder time at night - have you tried a nightlight or leaving her door open? Many little ones do better with some light. It sounds like more than that is going on tonight, but also that something makes it harder for her to go down at night. I would agree that 9 pm sounds a little late with one nap a day as well. Try pushing bedtime up slowly in 15 min increments every few days. HTH

SaranJonathan · May 2011

My DD goes to bed around 7:30 and gets up around 7:30 I think your baby needs more sleep! Do you have a bedtime routine? That also helps. We take a bath, let her run around in a diaper for about 5-10 minutes after (lets the lotion get on), get pjs on/brush teeth, read then lay down. I do the same thing when I lay her down. Give her blankey, turn on seahorse, cover her up and tell her goodnight

Happy-JJ · May 2011

Now that it is the next day I'm sure you figured out something that worked. However, I thought of this idea last night in the middle of the night, and wished I had replied to this thread.

Sometimes my little guy is thirsty! He wakes up crying and nothing will quiet him. Not CIO, not rocking, nada. Then I give a drink of water, he gulps it down and goes right back to sleep.

Good luck.

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