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Sleeping Help!!

mikah.georgemikah.george
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months

Somebody please help me with understand this..
My LO has been waking up every night screaming bloody murder. I thought it was teeth then possibly an ear infection, now I have NO CLUE!
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I'd been giving her medicine for teeth thinking she was in pain, teething tablets, Baby Orajel, Tylenol, etc. She didn't have any meds yesterday & acted like her normal self, happy, laughing, playing, loving, etc. As soon as we got home, (5 minute drive) she went to bed because it was late & she was tired.
In the middle of the night, she wakes up normally wanting some milk. But for the past couple nights, she wouldn't calm down to drink it & go back to sleep. So, after about 2-3 nights of trying everything from baths to cuddles & a calming tv show to calm her down....nothing would work for atleast an hour. My husband was trying to calm her down & I took her from him & set her on the floor in the living room, with a bottle in front of her, told her no, & walked away & turned off the lights. INSTANTLY, she stopped crying, grabbed the bottle & started drinking...Her hour long crying routine turned into 5 minutes.

Is she doing this for attention? I have no clue. My oldest has never done this so it's really weird. My mom, who usually knows everything about everything, has no idea either & keeps pushing that she is sick. I know my child. I know that when she is sick, she acts sick all day, not just a couple hours at night.  She's eating fine. She drinks water so she's not constipated. She acts totally normal all day until 2 or so in the morning. 

I'm honestly beginning to think that she is doing this on purpose for attention. But I can't even fathom WHY? It's not like she's ignored during the day. She gets plenty of attention from myself, SAHM, & her big sister all day. 

Any ideas?  

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Re: Sleeping Help!!

  • carinamarie77carinamarie77 member

    Ditto PP re: TV. Also, baths and cuddles can be stimulating, too, especially during the night. Your'e sending mixed signals. Cuddles and baths and interacting says to baby, "Hey, it's time to play!" and her body is saying, "Holy crap, I'm tired."

    Anyway, no, your baby is not manipulating you. She just wants food/sleep/mama/whatever and what worked last night might not work tonight. 

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    It could still be her teeth. If you look up teething symptoms you will find that teething pain can often be worse at night because a) the pressure on their gums is worse because they are laying down and b) there is nothing distracting them from the pain. While teething my son is perfectly happy and content during the day but then at night I can tell his mouth is obviously bothering him. There is a reason she is screaming and I doubt it is because she wants attention. Like PP said...this could just be a phase.  
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  • mikah.georgemikah.george

    The TV usually is a stimulant, but it actually does put her to sleep when its on this show. Weird, I know.

    And, I really do think she is doing this for attention. If I ignore her, she won't do it. While if I pick her up & rock her, she keeps doing it.
    All the signs are showing me that she is doing this for attention, but I can't figure out why.

    She did it again when she woke up early from her nap. I got her out of bed & she kept crying & I knew she was still tired. So I grabbed her bottle & set her on the floor & put the bottle next to her. She followed me around for about a minute & I  got down to her level & told her she needed to stop if she wanted me to pick her up. (Picking her up wouldn't make a difference because that's what I usually do) She stopped crying, picked up her bottle & I immediately picked her up & rocked her back to sleep. 

    All in all, it doesn't make sense.
    I'm beginning to think that she is sensing that there is a big change coming...(new baby) my oldest did this a few months before LO was born.
    So, this is causing her to act out a little bit.

     But still, I have no idea. 

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  • kendra223kendra223

    I agree with the PP's, I would put a stop to the tv whether it seems to calm her or not. I just don't think it's a good habit to get into. From what you say, it seems like she's over stimulated (could she be over stimulated from the holidays??). Because you said when you turned off the light and sat her with her bottle, it was only 5 mins of crying compared to an hour. So I would keep that up the dark/quiet room and see how that goes. That's usually what doctors say to do with babies who have colic (I know this isn't colic, but just saying.. it calms an over stimulated baby). Do nothing stimulating, have the room dark and quiet (maybe some white noise so it's not too quiet), don't say anything, and just give the bottle then put her back down to bed when done.

     

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