Need Sleep Help Please!!
Daisy166
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I don't know what's going on with DD or what to do. Maybe it's a phase but DD has been waking in the middle of the night usually around 2am and she cries and screams until I go in and pick her up. I tried just letting her cry but after 1/2 hour I could not handle it. I think it made it worse because she had gotten her self so worked up that it took 2 hrs to get her to go back to sleep. So last night she woke up at 1am, I went in after 5 min, picked her up and sat with her in the glider for about 20 min. She fell asleep and I put her back in her crib. She then woke at 5 am ready to play!
I don't think she's teething and she had the ear tubes put in 2 weeks ago so don't think it's the ears. I think she just wants me to hold her and I don't know how to break the habit. It's very exhausting for both my hubby and I as we have to get up at 6 am to get ready for work. She is so loud and wakes my 5 year old. Plus her nursery is in our master so I can't even ignore it if I wanted to!
Any advice??? Thank you 
Re: Need Sleep Help Please!!
Is it every night? I don't know if it is the same thing but N has woken a few times in the last couple months sort of like what you describe. I usually go in and sometimes she is inconsolable so I sit with her moon night light on with her on the floor with me until she calms down. Sometimes singing helps. Sometimes I can just rub her back with her in the crib.
I believe it to be night mares or night terror (not really sure the difference) because it is sporadic, she is an otherwise good night sleeper and doesn't wake a night, and I asked our pedi about and she said it could be -- their brains are on overdrive etc.
Maybe also some separation anxiety? Its so hard when they can't tell us. I hope you are able to figure it out.
Sounds simar to what we are going through. Hence, my commenting at 3:50 am.
she wakes up around 2 and is inconsolable unless I go in there to nurse her. DH can't even calm her down. He thinks she's screams like that because she "doesn't get her way," and I shouldn't go in there or it will continue.
I'm sorry; I have no advice. Just wanted to tell you you're not alone
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