2 YO Crying at Nite. What Could It Be?

Jilly,
We recently went through a number of night wakings with our 2.5 y/o daughter. It seems that my rocking her before bed, not to sleep, had thrown her off to where she wanted rocking when she woke up at night. I don't know how we got to that point so quickly, since it was maybe a week of 5 mins of rocking before bed. Apparently she was hooked though. It may be that the soothing when he was sick is something that he's wanting now.
We broke the cycle by sending my husband in to check on her in the night, since she wants mommy and also not rocking before bed. Good luck.
K.

My little sister used to do that when she was about that age...turns out that she was literally having growing pains while she was sleeping and it was waking her up. Is he going through a growth spurt or perhaps in the beginning of one?

Nightmares possibly. Sometimes an illness disrupts their sleep cycles.
Just comfort him and hopefully he will eventually sleep thru again. Just
be patient. Good luck.

could it be nightmares? how verbal is he? when he was sick did he vomit or have diarrhea in bed? my little one threw up in bed once and associated it with his bed and didnt want to sleep in the bed, he knew it was cleaned but was afraid of it happening again if he slept in his bed

did you just have him vaccinated? could be an adverse reaction.

Hi Jilly,

He could be teething. Check his mouth to see if the back spots are swollen. The first full set of teeth are 20 in total, 10 on the top and 10 in the bottom. As you know teething can be very painful and give mild fever and diarrhea.
Hope that helps and that you son is feeling better now.

Best

when your baby gets sick it takes awhile before they go back to normal routines, and sometimes the routine will have a new normal.
Just keep him hydrated and comfortable, I feel like it will soon pass and is just residual from whatever caused his fever and diahrea earlier in the week.
Seems like flu to me, and there really isnt anything you can do except comfort him through it. You know how your body aches when you are sick. He only knows to cry when he feels yucky. Poor baby.