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15 month old sudden screaming before sleep

jasrun80jasrun80 member
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my daughter has always been a challenge but once she learned things, like sleep training around 6 months, she slept well. 
suddenly, she is screaming into death screams before sleep. she literally works herself up to the point where she sounds like she is dying in a horror movie.

i was out of town for two nights & this is when this began. before she always went to bed happily...shaking her head that "yes, she wanted to get in her crib" but tonight is my first experience where she is doing this & i am clueless what to do. as of now, i have left her for 20 minutes of death cries & JUST NOW (LIKE RIGHT THIS SECOND OF TYPING THIS SENTENCE) she has at least calmed but is standing there resting her head on the edge of her crib.

i know that you have to often re-sleep train your children, but my question lies in the fact that since i was out of town, and it started while i was gone, should i reassure her now that i am back AND GO BACK IN? or DO I RISK STARTING A BAD HABIT TOO MUCH? i dont want to start rocking into deep sleep at this point, she is 15 months!  she is very bright & learns all too quickly.

 she is a back to death crying.

any help appreciated! 
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Re: 15 month old sudden screaming before sleep

  • gigantangigantan member
    Our DD did this as well. She was an awesome sleeper, however we did have to re-sleep train her as it seemed that every couple of months she would start this pattern all over again. We attributed it to teething since we did not have any other interruptions to our daily routine. Regardless of the cause, part of your sleep training can be to go in and comfort her until she calms down. I am sure we did this wrong, but when she got like this (which was not often) we would give her a bottle and hold her/read to her. As soon as she wanted to jump out of my arms, it was time to be put down to sleep. The second night got easier, and the third night was never an issue. 

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  • oliversmommy32912oliversmommy32912 member
    DS does this every now and then. We usually go to him and try to calm him down. We did CIO when he was younger but he has been a good sleeper for over a year. When he screams I can trust that it isn't just him being unable to settle himself. He really needs me. Sometimes it takes a few days to get him back to normal but we have never had to "re-train" him. However, we do not let new habits form. I may go in and rock him for a few minutes and sing to him or pat his back but I do not let him fall asleep this way. Sometimes I have to go in two or three times but usually just once. It almost always passes within a couple of days.
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  • MNmama7112MNmama7112 member
    My DS does this every once in a while. He'll cry when we leave the room, so I know it's that he doesn't want us to leave him. It seemed that if I'd go back in, it didn't really help because he'd just cry again when I left the second time.

    He seems to settle himself down in under a minute now, I guess just realizing it's time for bed and knows he'll see us in the morning.

    My suggestion would be making sure you have a good nighttime routine (saying "night night, love you, see you in the morning, it's time to sleep now"). Also, does your DD have a lovie or comfort item of some sort? Maybe that would help? You may have to let her CIO for a night or two until she figures it out. I definitely think it's a separation thing since it started when you're out of town. I'd guess she'll figure out that you're back and that she doesn't need to be scared after a week or so. Sorry- it's no fun!

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  • jasrun80jasrun80 member
    Thank you all! She wound up screaming death cries for an hour then passed out. Honestly it doesn't bother me that she was crying, I just want to do what's best. I originally picked her back up and she was instantly happy with that. Then after screaming craziness my hubs tried and again, completely fine as soon as picked up so once he put her down, we left her to cry & by the time I was done complaining to him about long days and how not rewarding I feel being stay at home, she passed out! Since, I have noticed its completely behavioral. She does it if she remembers to but I've left her to cry and its maybe ten minutes so its new and I don't like it, but I'm learning that I'm probably doing what's best for us....
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