For the past 3 nights my usually wonderful sleeper has been waking up in the middle of the night (Saturday 3:30 am, Sunday 1:30 am, Monday 12:30 am). When I go to check on him he is sitting up in his crib sobbing. I will then hold him until he falls back to sleep, but the second that I lay him back down he is awake and crying again. I am a full-time working mom and have a hard time functioning through out the day when I am up with him each night. Has anyone else had experience with this? Is this a phase? What can I do to help him go back to sleeping soundly through the night? Any advice is appreciated!
He may be needing a little more food before bedtime. He's at that age that takes a little more food to hold him over.
Went through the exact same thing...molars could be the culprit...or dreaming/nightmares. They are going through another development stage and their minds are processing soo much that, just as we do when we are stressed, they wake up multiple times and are afraid to go back to sleep because they are scared.
We got a nightlight for our daughter so at least she isn't in the pitch dark when she wakes up scared. We used tylenol for the teething portion. I also found that she wasn't really "awake" and if we just tried to get her mind off of the crying (do you want some water, do you want me to rub your back, can I put the blanket back on you) and if you keep asking, you will find something to get their mind off the crying and they will lay back down and be back asleep before you have time to put the blanket back over them. We also, just waited it out. A couple weeks and the night waking tapered off. It is hard (we both work outside the home too), but it will get better.
Good luck.
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I found that my husband was able to get our little guy (11 months) back to sleep and back down in bed without him waking easier than I was. Maybe he wanted to be with mama and fought it more with me?? Regardless, if you have someone else who can try in your stead, that would be an idea for you. Also, hopefully this is a short-term thing and you'll get your wonderful sleeper back again - we did after that bout with teething was over!! Best wishes.
My son has been doing the same thing. His pediatrician thinks it has to do with a growth spurt. Good luck! Let me know if you find a remedy that works!
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2. Have his ears checked. Sometimes ear infections at that age have no other symtoms but sleeplessness.
could be teeth. Isn't it time for the molars?
Can't see them but they are painful, and take a long time to come in.
My 23 month old is doing the same thing and it turns out she has 2 molars coming in. You may want to check his teeth. If it isn't his teeth, he may have an ear infection. We ran into that problem a few months ago. Our daughter would wake up in the middle of the night for no reason and would scream hysterically when we would try to lay her back down. I finally took her to the Dr. even though she never ran a fever and it turned out she had an ear infection. Good luck!
