what could it be?

[bellagirl]

i really need some real advice, im starting to lose my patience...........................:crying:
so my dd is 10 months old and has been a good sleeper up until bout 3 weeks ago.
she has been waking up screaming bout two hours after she goes to bed, when i oick her up she settles after a while but then i go to put her back down and she screams.:(
i thought it was constipation so i took her to hte hospital for tests, they said she was constipated and gave her medicine, but two night later it started again.
i got her up the other night and once i stopped her from crying, she was happy to play but i dont want to be geting up at 12 every night for her to "play"
she has two teeth, and although it may be teething i dont think shes crying because of that.
could it just be a bad temper?:banghead:

[mumchristy23]

i really need some real advice, im starting to lose my patience...........................:crying:
so my dd is 10 months old and has been a good sleeper up until bout 3 weeks ago.
she has been waking up screaming bout two hours after she goes to bed, when i oick her up she settles after a while but then i go to put her back down and she screams.:(
i thought it was constipation so i took her to hte hospital for tests, they said she was constipated and gave her medicine, but two night later it started again.
i got her up the other night and once i stopped her from crying, she was happy to play but i dont want to be geting up at 12 every night for her to "play"
she has two teeth, and although it may be teething i dont think shes crying because of that.
could it just be a bad temper?:banghead:

Hi...
Is you DD on the bottle? If she is I suggest changing her formula. It will help her with her constipation and might satisfy her a little more too.
Otherwise, you could try giving her a teddy (or something to comfort her) roll her on her side and rub her back.
She may need to be picked up for a little bit if she gets a little worked up but just give her a quick cuddle, enough to settle her a bit, pop her back in bed, rub her hair and belly.
Good luck

[Kooy]

My DS is almost 11 months old now and I had the same problem when he was around that age!

I would leave him cry unless he was really upset then I'd go in and just pat his back until I could hear that his breathing had settled and by then he would usually go back to sleep.

My child health nurse said it could be because they can suffer from separation anxiety at this age and just need to know you are nearby.

Hope this helps.

PS... He doesn't do it anymore... so :fingerscrossed: it doesn't last too long with your DD either!

[Goosie22]

she has two teeth, and although it may be teething i dont think shes crying because of that.
could it just be a bad temper?:banghead:

I doubt it would be bad temper at 10 months especially since she is doing it on waking? But teething can be pretty upsetting sometimes and cause a lot of pain not only in the mouth, you could try some teething relief or if you use panadol/brufen this might work too just before her settle feed.

Hope you and bub find some relief

[bellagirl]

i am thinking of introducing cows milk to see if that will settle her all night?

ive given her a glowworm that sings a song and let her cry for 5 min but it turns into her hyperventilating.....
the thing is as soon as i go to lay her down, she starts screaming again, i tried to just hold her tight the other nite till she wore herself out and i tried to rock her to sleep and eventually it worked but the 2nd i moved she got upset again.

if its teething why doesnt she cry during the day?

shes been a bit sooky this morning so i put her back to bed, once again she screamed for like 20 min,i kept going in there puting her on her side rubbing her hair but i finally piked her up and rocked her to sleep, this time she went straight to sleep in my arms.

do you think i should try let her cry a bit longer?
im all out of ideas so thankyou for your help guys.:crying:

[Goosie22]

if its teething why doesnt she cry during the day?:crying:

If you think about when you have pain, when you are occupied with things to do or during the day with people around you it dosn't seem so bad, but when its night time and your tired and grumpy the pain seems to get worse and harder to handle. Then if you add in that it has woken her up (when she is used to having a much better sleep) then that could be pretty distressing.

Teething pain can be compaired to Neuralgia (http://facial-neuralgia.org/conditions/tn.html) for some babies they need painrelief to cope with it.


I wouldnt let her cry at all but that is my opinon.

[mumchristy23]

i am thinking of introducing cows milk to see if that will settle her all night?

ive given her a glowworm that sings a song and let her cry for 5 min but it turns into her hyperventilating.....
the thing is as soon as i go to lay her down, she starts screaming again, i tried to just hold her tight the other nite till she wore herself out and i tried to rock her to sleep and eventually it worked but the 2nd i moved she got upset again.

if its teething why doesnt she cry during the day?

shes been a bit sooky this morning so i put her back to bed, once again she screamed for like 20 min,i kept going in there puting her on her side rubbing her hair but i finally piked her up and rocked her to sleep, this time she went straight to sleep in my arms.

do you think i should try let her cry a bit longer?
im all out of ideas so thankyou for your help guys.:crying:

I don't think it is her teeth. I think she just wants you to be close to her. My DD was the same, very clingy. I gave in though. A few people told me that I should have done that (cuddle her to sleep etc) but I couldn't help it.
I did have to lay with her until she was about 2 and a half tho. I know i probably shouldn't have but don't regret any of it.
My suggestion to you though is to maybe find her something else as a comforter. Its up to you if you use dummies, but i would try and get a teddy, but not a heaps little one. One that she can cuddle up 2. It will prob take you a little bit to get her in a routine of settling without you but with persistance it should work. Also, if she settles by herself with a bottle you could try that... if she doesn't need one for a bit you could try water.
Lastly, if you do put her on cow's milk make sure you water it down a fair bit to start with. She could get diarrohea.

[bellagirl]

thanks goosie, yeh i think it mite be partly her teeth.
last night, i gave her nurofen before she went to bed but she did it again, i dont want to let her cry, i hate it!!

when she dose wake up screaming, shes due for a bottle but shes so upset, she wont take it.
mumchristy, i have tried a teddy, she wont have a bar of it...:crying:

i got up last night and took her in the lounge, i got her to sleep, went to lay her back down in her cot and she started again, went back to the lounge and after bout 15 min gave her some bonjela and she went to sleep shortly after that, she wouldnt go in her cot though, started screaming again, i had to sleep with her on a mattress in the floor.

tried her on cows milk, half milk half water, didnt make a difference!:banghead:

someone said to me she could have seperation anxiety, is that possible?

[Goosie22]

i got up last night and took her in the lounge, i got her to sleep, went to lay her back down in her cot and she started again, went back to the lounge and after bout 15 min gave her some bonjela and she went to sleep shortly after that, she wouldnt go in her cot though, started screaming again, i had to sleep with her on a mattress in the floor.


Hi,
Just keep doing that then nurofen, bongela and sleep with her untill she stops waking up again.:thumbsup:

[~Emmylou~]

Have you had her ears checked?
If she has an ear infection they usually experience more pain when they are laying down. If she's screaming everytime she's horizontal might be worth looking into.

Alot of bubs go through this waking at about her age - my DD was a perfect sleeper from birth but she went through this for about a month at the same age. It stopped as mysteriously as it started but I tell ya, it's hard work when you're not used to being woken up every night ;)
Hang in there I hope you find an answer.

[bellagirl]

thanks for all the advice, i percevered the other night and just tried to settle her by not geting her out of the cot, she cried for a bit but after bout an hour she went to sleep, the next three nights she slept all through the night without even wanting a bottle!!!:thumbsup:
hope the worst is behind me!!:fingerscrossed: