so for the past 3 days my daughter as gotten up in the middle of the night crying a loud cry.. like if she's in pain? she cries and when i go to pick her she like bends her back and doesnt want me to pick her up.. but i do and i brng her into bed with me and she is still crying ad i try to console her telling her '' mommys here, whats wrong, i got u'' things like that but she still cries i also pat her back rub her tummy and she still cries it looks like if she is like throwing a fit. but after a while maybe like 15 to 20 mins she settles then falls asleep. lat night i had to give her milk to fall back asleep when she doesnt even drink milk in the middle of the night. does this sound like it could be night terrors? she doesnt have any medical problems. she is a yr old. she was cutting teeth but they already erupted and i lly dnt think its that because i put orajel on her gums and she was still crying
My two have had night terrors from time-to-time. After paying a bit of attention, I found that they were most common when they were WAY overtired (big day and/or no nap).
It stands to reason that they might happen when they hit big milestones or are sick, since those can be mentally and physically draining.
They do sound like night terrors to me. I'm assuming her eyes are open but she acts as if she's throwing a massive tantrum and is inconsolable. My son had these but grew out of them around the age of 3. He never had them back to back though. They usually happened when he was sick. With a fever or even a minor cold. Sometimes I wonder if it was the medication I had given him (nothing other than Benedryl or Children's Tylenol). Don't pick her up. Just sit with her (so she doesn't hurt herself) and let it pass. It's hard to watch; especially since their eyes look glazed over. Research the details of night terrors in children online. She will most likely outgrow these.
Yep, both my kids had that from about 1 years old.
It is developmental based.
Look it up online.
It does sound like night terrors. My son had night terrors as well, so I feel your pain. Our doctor said that by trying to comfort them or wake them up during the night terror it would actually cause it to last longer. So I sat outside the bedroom door, or just inside so I could watch him and make sure he was okay. I hope she outgrows it soon. It's heartbreaking.
My son has been having Night Terror episodes since he was about 8 months old. Now, at almost 3, he's also a sleep walker.
The way to determine if it is a true night terror is that the child doesn't recognize that you are there. Do NOT wake her up! Let her cry and work through it and she will have no recollection of it.
Night terrors are caused by a part of the brain that doesn't completely shut down and rest. I noticed my son would have them before reaching a new milestone, after a particularly stimulating day or from being over-tired.
she's rather young for night terrors, they don't usually start for another year or so, but it's possible. There are a ton of posts on here about it, search and see what others have said. Think about if it happens at the same time (an hour or two after falling asleep), or if there are any consistent triggers (being overtired, etc). I'd lean more towards ear or tooth pain, which becomes unbearable when lying down. Try to give her ibuprofin before bed tonight and see if that helps.
My daughter is about 2.5 and she recently started doing this as well. Some nights are perfectly normal, sometimes its bad. Either way, I'm pretty sure its developmental. Looking at past posts i didnt really realize how common it is. Makes me feel so much better. Just do your best to confort her and put her back to sleep in her bed. I know, just when you thought it was over, the getting up in the middle of the night starts again! I guess thats what we moms do! One day we'll get sleep ;)
To me that sounds like she's hitting a growth spurt and is hungry. Milk is superfood. Proteins, fats, sugars, vitamins, & minerals. I'd try milk tonight first thing. My son would be so disorented during growth spurts he'd shove it away until I got the bottle in his mouth... and then it was glunk! glunk! glunk! and "light" would return to his eyes.
This lasted until he was 3ish during growth spurts. As he got older it was milk first and then a whole meal once he got discombobulated. But a bottle or sippy premade in the fridge and ready to zap was heaven sent.
Did she seem disoriented? Acting like she didn't recognize you? I posted a question on here about my son waking from a nap and first thing in the morning acting crazy, just like you describe. The first time it lasted about 20 minutes, the second time, it was less. Just stay with her but don't try to console her as it makes things worse. It is caused by stress or lack of sleep. I think in my son's case it was that as well as dairy. Did anything new happen? If it continues, contact your doctor for how to deal with it.
My daughter did something like this one time and I couldn't figure it out. Turns out she had what the doctors called a "silent ear infection" (no fever, pulling at ears, etc.) I don't know if that is it, but you might just watch her.
I agree, it sounds developmental if you can't find a medical/pain cause. My pediatrician says that night crying/waking can be a sign of ear infection in young kids.
Dr. Brazelton's bookTouchpoints talks about "developmental waking". It sometimes happens when your child is doing a new developmental skill...i.e. starting to walk, talk. It usually doesn't last very long, few nights while child is focused on skill? It sounds like a pain scream, but it is just a weird sleep/brain thing...and sometimes they aren't even awake. I tried to comfort my kids in their room, or not go to them if they weren't too frantic...see if they could self-sooth back to sleep, afraid that they would get used to me coming in at night and get in the habit of waking on purpose.
From what I understand, true night terrors are usually from being overtired. Like if baby is refusing naps, or going to bed too late. When one of my kids was 4 she did that when transitioning out of naps, so we had to put her to bed by 7 pm.
