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Awake & screaming at 11pm & 3am...Every. Single. Night.

loisloan1118loisloan1118 member
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We sleep trained DD (CIO method) about 2 months ago & it's been going very well (especially compared to how it was before!)  She was sleeping through the night for about a month.  

But for the past 2 weeks DD has been waking twice during the night.  She does down around 7, wakes at 11 usually she stands in her crib & cries, then screams until I come in and lay her back down & give her a pacifier.  This works fine & we're both able to go back to sleep.  

Then she wakes around 3am doing the same thing.  I come in her room, do the same thing as 11am she'll fall asleep but is up again with in 30 minutes, sometimes 15.  She's teething (already has 8 teeth & getting her back teeth).  I don't like to automatically give her tylenol just because she's up at 3am.  but when she wakes a 2nd time I give it to her and she's able fall back asleep until wake up time around 6:30.  

I haven't minded this too much, but recently realized I'm exhausted because I'm only getting sleep in 3-4 hour stretches.  

Has anyone else gone through this (I'm sure many have), any advice?  

I used to let her cry for a bit on her own when she woke in the middle of the night, but she's much louder than she was before and my instinct has been to go to her. Should I let her work it out on her own again?  

TIA! 

 


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  • bonitatinabina143bonitatinabina143 member
    My Olivia is going through the same thing.....about midnight and 3am. I don't know what's going on either.
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  • JaysonandKristinJaysonandKristin member

    Something has changed.  It is likely the teething.  My word of advice is to go with your instinct.  She is likely in pain, and wants to be comforted.

    We went through that for 3 weeks (ended last night).  He slept for 6 hours.  I woke up scared something was wrong with him for NOT waking.  :)

    I gave him Tylenol.  He's a VERY happy, content baby, so for something to make him wake up screaming, I'm going to medicate him.   

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  • chellebellesolimanchellebellesoliman
    My baby started doing this as well but has stopped for a while. I attribute it to teething. Also the weather was really hot when she was waking up. We think perhaps she wasn't comfortable. Now that the weather has been cooler, and we've dressed her differently at night I noticed that the wakings have stopped. Good luck.
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  • loisloan1118loisloan1118 member
    Thanks for the advice ladies!  Wish me luck tonight and for those of you with LO's waking up through out the night - good luck to you :) 

     


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  • fairy_divafairy_diva member
    Us too :(   Its usually about an hour to hour and half after he goes down, then around 3-4am some nights.  I thinks its a combination of a few things. Within the 6 weeks he started crawling, sitting up, pulling up, then 2 bottom teeth in the last 2 weeks.

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  • kelmar90kelmar90
    There's so many things that can contribute. Your little one may be experiencing their first night terrors. My little guy would wake up around 10 every night for about a month & just scream. It took every way of swaddling & comforting imaginable. He would finally calm down & go back down with another bottle. It wasn't a quick or easy process, but it always worked.
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  • WeichbrodtWeichbrodt member
    We have been going through the same exact thing!!! I really hope this passes...I feel like I have a newborn again. The advice I have gotten is to try not to form any new bad sleeping habits (i.e.:bringing your child in bed with you every night, rocking, bottle..etc...). From what I have heard...this too shall pass :)  
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  • L0vingLifeL0vingLife

    imagekelmar90:
    There's so many things that can contribute. Your little one may be experiencing their first night terrors. My little guy would wake up around 10 every night for about a month & just scream. It took every way of swaddling & comforting imaginable. He would finally calm down & go back down with another bottle. It wasn't a quick or easy process, but it always worked.

     

    We had the same issue.  It happened twice in a two week period, but that was enough to do some Googling.  My daughter would wake up at 3 am, just screaming and inconsolable, and it lasted for 45 minutes the first time and 20 minutes the second time.  From what I read, it's a lot like sleepwalking.  They are not really awake, do not know you are there, and do not remember the episode in the morning.

    We made a few changes (nothing sweet with dinner, bumped up bedtime by half an hour to avoid her getting overtired, and played soft music when she goes to sleep) and ::knock wood:: it has not happened since.  This was about 3 weeks ago, and she will be 10 months old tomorrow.

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