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re: My toddler wakes up in the night (2nd updated OP)
Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:11 am to CoachChappy
Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:11 am to CoachChappy
My boy is about 18 months, does the same thing some nights, around the same times - I think he wakes up when he pees, and he's teething, too. WE usually let him go back to sleep on his own. Oh, we don't have to get up b/c our bedroom looks like a security control center due to the monitors and listening devices, due to momma - 
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Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:12 am to its1999
Although I find a small dose of baby Tylenol usually quells it after the first half hour. OP, try that.
On the negative side, we could be raising a future user. But dayum, mama needs her sleep.
On the negative side, we could be raising a future user. But dayum, mama needs her sleep.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:23 am to its1999
quote:We decided a couple of trips ago that we were going to stay in holiday apartments or rent a house on trips. Having a jet lagged 4 and 9mo in a hotel both scream crying at 4am had me convinced we were getting kicked out. Total misery
I see people going into neighboring hotel rooms adjacent to ours. As in, sorry for what's probably going to be three hours of intermittent crying between 12 and 4 am.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:35 am to CoachChappy
I would never me able to ignore, "screaming like bloody murder". She would be in my bed for sure.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:40 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
At as young as four weeks, I would ask the pediatrician before I wouldn't wake the baby. That's very young and I think it could be risky, considering possible drop in blood sugar.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:42 am to Isabelle
I've never been encouraged to let a sleeping newborn sleep for an extended period of time. I guess you can get away with it with formula fed kids? Idk
Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:45 am to CoachChappy
Your first mistake, as I'm sure many others have said, is letting her sleep in your bed. Many parents do this, and I just shake my head when they tell me. Your child needs to learn to soothe himself / herself. 14 months is plenty old to do that. It could be her teeth, or it could be that it was her teeth at one point and when you let her sleep with you that time, she learned that is her ticket to sleep with you in your bed.
Give her some motrin and let her cry. But I recommend doing this over a weekend, because it may take a couple nights for her to adjust.
Give her some motrin and let her cry. But I recommend doing this over a weekend, because it may take a couple nights for her to adjust.
This post was edited on 8/17/15 at 9:47 am
Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:46 am to MikeTh3Tiger
Our daughter is 2 1/2 and every now and then has these little night terrors (I had them as a kid). She is in just a deep sleep but is screaming and wide awake. Usually she pops out of them pretty quickly once we go up there and rock her for a minute.
Sounds like your kid is waking up because of teeth, just give them a little tylenol before bed.
Sounds like your kid is waking up because of teeth, just give them a little tylenol before bed.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:54 am to CoachChappy
Also with the teeth, put some topical orajel on them. works like a charm
Posted on 8/17/15 at 10:16 am to White Bear
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Oh, we don't have to get up b/c our bedroom looks like a security control center due to the monitors and listening devices, due to momma -
You would swear our child wasn't in the top across the hall. I feel your pain.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 10:38 am to Salmon
That sounds like a night terror. Was she sweating? Eyes open, but she wasn't coherent? My son used to do that.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 10:44 am to CoachChappy
Our son will be three this month and he's only slept in our bed once when he was sick. When he was a baby and he woke up, one of us would rock him back to sleep and put him back in his bed. Worked out well. Since we have moved him to a toddler bed, every once in a while, he will get up and come in our room. We just March him back to his room. Most of the time I'll go with him and rub his back or something to get him to relax and he's out like a light. Best thing imo is to never start putting him in the bed with you.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 10:44 am to HoLeInOnEr05
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You bunch of spoiled Nancies! My 3 yr old hasn't slept through the night since she was born! On top of not sleeping, she's up every morning by 6! No matter if we put her to bed at 8 or 10!
Same here. When we tried to let her cry it out, she gnawed on the top rail of the crib and continued to cry for over an hour. She's 22 months, her little brother who will be here in November better be a good sleeper.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 10:46 am to CoachChappy
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My toddler wakes up in the night
My parents would always just give me a little bit of liquor.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 10:55 am to go_tigres
Put them in separate rooms and read the book baby wise. Try your best to follow it.
Crying it out isn't something that just works at 6 months or 12 months or 22 months. You have to start from the beginning. If they never receive attention when crying then they won't expect it. Learn the cries. If the baby is crying like something is actually wrong, then that's different. Another thing my wife has done from baby wise is a feeding schedule. Since he was 6 weeks, she has fed him less that five time in the middle of the night. He's almost 6 months. She breast feeds or pumps and bottles in fixed increments throughout the day and he doesn't eat or get hungry when it isn't time to eat.
Often times we wake him up in the morning at 7 when its time to get up. Or he will just be laying in there quiet, waiting for us.
Schedule
Schedule
Schedule
Crying it out isn't something that just works at 6 months or 12 months or 22 months. You have to start from the beginning. If they never receive attention when crying then they won't expect it. Learn the cries. If the baby is crying like something is actually wrong, then that's different. Another thing my wife has done from baby wise is a feeding schedule. Since he was 6 weeks, she has fed him less that five time in the middle of the night. He's almost 6 months. She breast feeds or pumps and bottles in fixed increments throughout the day and he doesn't eat or get hungry when it isn't time to eat.
Often times we wake him up in the morning at 7 when its time to get up. Or he will just be laying in there quiet, waiting for us.
Schedule
Schedule
Schedule
Posted on 8/17/15 at 11:17 am to SUB
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Your first mistake, as I'm sure many others have said, is letting her sleep in your bed. Many parents do this, and I just shake my head when they tell me.
Our son sleeps in our bed every now and then (15 months). Not just when sick, sometimes I just like him there if I'm leaving on a work trip the next morning. He has never had trouble adjusting back to his bed.
He has night terrors about once a month. At first we would try to console him, but they lasted a while. We found out it was like waking a sleep walking person. Now, when we just let it work itself out, they last about 5 minutes and he goes back to sleep.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 11:23 am to Wasp
The back molars are the worst. It sucks having them in bed, but they grow out of it and eventually want their own beds. Just enjoy her being a baby wanting to be with you. They grow out of that too.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 11:29 am to CoachChappy
When she first wakes up screaming go in and console her. Try not to make it too long. Put her back in crib and watch the clock, literally. If she's still screaming after 10 minutes go back in and do the same. Keep repeating until she falls asleep. Do this for 3 nights in a row and I gaurantee it will stop.
Do not put her in your bed unless you want her to be in there with you.
When mine are sick I sleep on air mattress next to them to avoid them wanting to sleep with us. Momma and daddy need their alone time.
Do not put her in your bed unless you want her to be in there with you.
When mine are sick I sleep on air mattress next to them to avoid them wanting to sleep with us. Momma and daddy need their alone time.
This post was edited on 8/17/15 at 11:38 am
Posted on 8/17/15 at 11:31 am to CoachChappy
Why don't you go to a baby website for this. They have forums with nothing but women discussing this kind of stuff
Posted on 8/17/15 at 12:04 pm to biglego
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Why don't you go to a baby website for this
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They have forums with nothing but women discussing this kind of stuff
Kind of answered yourself didn't you
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