Please help - night time cryer

[pixiesmums]

I am after some advice or helpful tips. Up until a few weeks ago my 17 mth old daughter has slept right through the night from 8 weeks old. But the past few weeks I have been getting up to her numerous times during the night to hysterical crying. No sooner do I get her settled again and walk out of the room and turn off the hallway light she starts the crying again. My husband and I have tried numerous things to stop it and we are at our wits end. With both of us working full time it has taken a toll on us. It has gotten to the point where I will put her in bed with us until she is fully off to sleep and then putting her back in her own cot. After about an hour she has woken up again and crying for me.

She has never had a problem when I put her to bed for the night. She goes off straight away. She has always been in a great routine.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[Nan]

Hi Pixiesmum.
I'm sorry to hear about your dilemma. It sounds awful. Unfortunately, I don't have any advice for you. The only thing I'd suggest is to go to a sleep doctor. They are experts with things like this. They would have seen it before and may have some good strategies.
Maybe she is having bad dreams? Who knows. I don't know if you're the praying kind, but we say a bedtime prayer with our DD to not have any bad dreams. It might help! Anything is worth a try.
:hugs: for you and DH. I hope it is just a short, passing phase.
Love,
Nan. xx

[vanillabean]

I have a similar problem with my DD who is 15 1/2 months old. She has not slept through since 12 months. Prior to that we had the odd night waking but now it is every night, roughly the same time and she generally not always goes back to sleep with a drink. Having said that, she has had nights where she wakes and is obvious upset and by the time she settles properly it can be midnight. She goes to bed with no worries in the world. I am constantly thinking, when is it going to end. I just don't get quality sleep anymore and I am feeling it. It is so frustrating.

[mumma bear]

Are you sure she isn't teething?

I went through 1 month of not being able to get my DD off to sleep hysterical crying for hours on end and night waking which was not her at all. Had been a wonderful sleeper, easy to get down.

I found after 1 month of this and trying everything i could i discovered she was infact getting her molars.

It was SM-33 and a dose of panadol at bed time and it solved the problem.