For the last three nights, almost exactly three hours to the minute after we put Sophie down for bed, she has woken up crying. And then proceeds to cry for approximately 120 minutes. And I don't mean just little whiny cries. I'm talking full blown you'd-think-the-house-was-about-to-fall-on-top-of-us screams. We have no idea what on earth is going on with the child, but no matter what we do she seems determined to scream her lungs out for 2 hours before returning to slumber-land for the remainder of the night. Nothing works. We try putting her back to sleep the way we usually do, rubbing her back, rocking her, nursing her, singing to her, taking her outside - I even just let her cry for a while last night when I couldn't take it anymore (that only made it worse). She doesn't appear to be in pain, she's not wet (diaper), Tylenol does nothing, no hernias that we can find... I feel totally helpless not able to calm her down. She doesn't want to be picked up, but she screams bloody murder if you put her down. Sigh. At the moment it's 12:01am and she's been at it for about an hour. As you might guess, it's pretty much impossible to sleep when she cries like this, so as a result, both Bryce and I end up being awake with her until she f-i-n-a-l-l-y goes back to sleep. Someone help!!! It feels like we're locked in a bad dream! Really, though, at this point I think we'd all prefer bad dreams to none at all. Anyway, so Bryce is on duty at the moment and since I'd just be sitting in bed with my eyes wide open going crazy listening to these desperate screams that we can't make sense of... thought I might as well blog, right? What else do you do when sleep eludes you in the middle of the night? SO, anyone have some input for me???Yours Truly,
Sleepless in Virginia
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is it reaction to the mysterious meal she found ?
Payback for those nights your mothers didn't sleep?
Hard?
ONe things for sure, I don't know but I do know she won't be doing that in college! (Lee's comforting words to me in situations like this) :)
There is an end to such things, I promise.... and then, you're on to the next thing!
love,
finally sleeping in Boston
She could be having night terrors. My kids like pacing or singing. I'm sorry about it.
Oh I just thought of something Lizzie did something like this and we figured it was her stomach muscles. She still does it occassionally. She has a hard time digesting food. We massage her tummy or lower back and side.
Good luck weese. I'm still a fan of one of you sleeping in the LR with a fan on or something while the other takes care of Sophie (and sleeps in your BR when Sophie is sleeping). That way at least ONE of you will have a good night's sleep! You can handle anything with sleep (and conversely, nothing without it. At least, that's true for me.)
not a clue, although, i must let you know, you are not the only ones awake in the middle of the night. Jayden has a really bad stuffy nose and he can't sleep. poor boy can't even suck his thumb for half a second because he can't breathe...i just keep thinking, one day this too shall pass...and then they'll be another one(as in baby)!
Teething? We've had a few of those nights fairly recently. I am so sorry! Can you drive around with her? I find I can stand Matthew's screams better when we're in the car. You're not sleeping anyway! Let her cry it out, and then sleep in her car seat! (I know that it's not a super great thing to do, but if her chin's not laying on her chest, I don't think it can be too bad!) I am sorry. I hope you have night's filled with sleep!
Looing back, I remember when Jake went through something similar. For weeks I'd look into the mirror and think I'd been through Hiroshima. I still think his digestive system was not fully developed.
I have no clue what it is, but I know what it is like not too sleep enough.
May long, full nights of sleep come quickly to you two and Sophie. (Although we are glad that you get to blog. Might not be the ideal time, but we got a post out of it.)
Ah yes, sleep deprivation and mystery screaming.. Do we have an update? Is she still doing it? I agree with the teething/stomach issues. My kids have had the worst pain with teething before you can really tell they're coming in. If she's still doing it, I'd suggest a healthy dose of baby ibuprofen (NOT tylenol!) tomorrow night before she goes to bed. Andrew has done the same thing before, but never more than 2 or so nights in a row.. It helps if we can somehow grab him and start walking him out of the room on the first cry, or lightning fast - before he's at the peak of that first freak out. Don't know if that will help, but I hope you get some sleep soon!! I've been seriously considering a hotel stay for a night - maybe you two should switch off... (or maybe even find a really patient babysitter and go together??) :)
maybe it's the beetle :)
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