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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
He screams every night!
We finally did some semi sleep training a few months ago and DS has been sleeping approximately 11-12 hours at night since. He does still cry when we put him down at night but only for 10 minutes max. Recently he has started waking up sometime after 3am. We are down to one bottle just before bed so we haven't offered a bottle during these wakeful times. Tonight or this morning, I finally gave in. He drank 8oz and fell asleep in my arms in the recliner. I put him down and he proceed to scream at the top pf his lungs. I pick him up and sit in the recliner he falls right back asleep. I lay him down in his bed and screams bloody murder. I am now in the guest bed with him. (bumping from my phone) He's out cold. I just needed to lay down. We've been at this since before 3am this morning. If you've made it this far bless your heart! How do you get LO back to sleep in the middle of the night? Does your LO cry every night when you put them to bed? I feel like his cries almost sound like he's scared! we've tried night lights, music... any suggestions would ne greatly appreciated!
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Re: He screams every night!
The only thing that comes to my mind is a growth spurt for the new wake-period during the night. Try to feed him some oatmeal or something more substantial before bed.
Now this is going to sound strange but when we were sleep training with Addie I took the shirt I wore that day (nothing raunchy) and let her sleep with it. Our routine is eat, bathe, snuggle, sip on a sippy/book, and she falls asleep in my arms. When we started she always woke up when we put her in her crib. I think between the smell and the warmth it made the transition easier. (we only had to do the shirt thing about a month) Another Suggestion is making sure you?re not putting him down on a cold mattress- it might be enough to startle him awake.
We went through a tough few weeks when my DD turned 1 and experienced screaming mad naps and bedtime. She would jump up and down in her crib she was so pissed and even try to climb out. It was awful but only lasted a few weeks. I would watch her on her monitor and no matter how upset she was it never lasted longer than 10 minutes. I know that feels like forever when you think your child is scared.
I dont know how you feel about CIO but we just had to let her work it out. I think it was just a transition phase of some sort.
Good luck! I hope it passes quickly.
Seeing as I've slept sitting up in the recliner from 3-7am the last two nights, I'm clearly not the person to ask.
We bed share, so you would think that I could get him to fall back asleep in bed, but nope. He wakes up like it's 8am and time to play. He will. just. not. lay down. I tried to get him back down in bed from 2am to 3am the last two nights, but after that, I gave up and move to the recliner, where he falls right asleep. I'm assuming (hoping) this is a phase that will pass quickly.
Annie I feel your pain!
I am praying that tonight will be sooo much better. He was really fussy this morning and chewing on his fingers so I wonder if his teeth were bothering him. I gave him some Mortin and he seems less fussy. I am going to try a late snack tonight and maybe some Motrin before bed.
I realized after reading PP that LO didn't have anything to eat after 6pm last night. So by 3am he had been 9 hours with nothing to eat. He did have a sippy but he never acted hungry.
Here's hoping for a better nights rest for this little guy! He's exhausted and so am I!