waking up hysterical at zzzzzz hrs

[Anonymous]

i dont know what is happening with my ds he is now waiking up crying and really upset in the middle of the night. he wont calm down at all unless i take him to our bed and this is happening every night but co-sleeping is not working anymore cause he’ll get up really early with us and wants to start playing i just wonder what you think it is?

i think of 2 possibilities:

1. stranger anxiety (since the other night i put him on our bed and left to take a sip of water he went hysterical even though dh was there)

2. teething (2 teeth are coming)

maybe im wrong i dont know mean while i ask for your help since its getting so frustrating to have to take my babe to our bed or letting him cry fpr abput 2 hrs straight in the zzzzzzzzzzzzz hrs

gabbs2007-11-15 13:12:33

[Anonymous]

Those would be my first 2 thoughts as well. Is it possible to let him fall back asleep in your bed and then put him back in his? I try not to bring Cooper into our bed any earlier than 5:30a and that means he is only with us at most for an hour but sometimes I cave and bring him in as early as 4:30, but he is an early riser no matter what, he was up at 6:15 this morning, but he made it all night in his crib… be we aren’t cutting teeth right now… got 4 in the last 5 weeks and his sleep was horrible….

[Anonymous]

Separation anxiety is a real possibilty, as is teething. All three of my babies went through periods of night waking. For my first, who had always been an excellent sleeper) it turned out to be a newly developed fear of the dark. Even though she slept in a dark room since birth, and would fall asleep in a dark room, she began to wake up terrified in the middle of the night. I soon realized that if I turned on the hall light and cracked her door open, she’d go back to sleep.

For my middle child (who was an excellent sleeper once she outgrew her reflux at 9 montsh) the new night wakings turned out to be due to night mares and night terrors. This started at around 15 months for her. She also slept in a dark room until about 15 or 18 months (my memory is failing me) but then suddenly became afraid of the dark.

For Myles (who’s a great sleeper, but an early riser) it’s usually teething or ear infections that cause night time wakings, but he also develped a fear of the dark around 18 months of age.

I hope you get it figured out soon. I’m sure you are missing your full night’s sleep.

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