RaspberrySwirl
09-08-2010, 19:49
I know this is usually full of issues with babies sleeping (or not), but I have a problem with my almost 3 year old DD and am wondering if anyone else has experienced this.
Every night lately she wakes up crying. I've had a read about night terrors and I really don't think that's what it is, but I can't be sure. She's not thrashing about, doesn't sit upright or scream, she just cries and cries. If we can't settle her quickly enough, she starts coughing and then throws up.
There's no real set time for this. It can be anytime during the night and at multiple times during the night. We have to snap her out of it to get her to stop and settle down. Once she has calmed down, she falls straight back to sleep, but it's only a matter of time before she starts crying again. I also don't think it's a nightmare, although at 5am this morning she called out to me and told me there was a bear in her bed and that she had to come back to bed with me. But she wasn't crying that time.
Has anyone else experienced this? I haven't asked her if she remembers the episodes, so I'm not sure of that. I just don't know what to do or how to handle this.
Can night terrors present like this? She just cries and cries, doesn't respond to soothing or shhhing, but appears to be aware of what is going on, as in, I can ask her if she is going to throw up and she will shake her head through her tears and coughing. If we then snap her out of it, unfortunately by a quick loud calling her name, she then stops crying enough for us to soothe her and encourage her to breathe slowly until she calms down.
The only real constant that I have noticed is that it is worse on the nights where she has become overtired before going to bed.
Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
Every night lately she wakes up crying. I've had a read about night terrors and I really don't think that's what it is, but I can't be sure. She's not thrashing about, doesn't sit upright or scream, she just cries and cries. If we can't settle her quickly enough, she starts coughing and then throws up.
There's no real set time for this. It can be anytime during the night and at multiple times during the night. We have to snap her out of it to get her to stop and settle down. Once she has calmed down, she falls straight back to sleep, but it's only a matter of time before she starts crying again. I also don't think it's a nightmare, although at 5am this morning she called out to me and told me there was a bear in her bed and that she had to come back to bed with me. But she wasn't crying that time.
Has anyone else experienced this? I haven't asked her if she remembers the episodes, so I'm not sure of that. I just don't know what to do or how to handle this.
Can night terrors present like this? She just cries and cries, doesn't respond to soothing or shhhing, but appears to be aware of what is going on, as in, I can ask her if she is going to throw up and she will shake her head through her tears and coughing. If we then snap her out of it, unfortunately by a quick loud calling her name, she then stops crying enough for us to soothe her and encourage her to breathe slowly until she calms down.
The only real constant that I have noticed is that it is worse on the nights where she has become overtired before going to bed.
Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.