Daughter Always Wakes up crying..Is This a Phase?

My so did this exact same thing at the same age. It was sad/frustrating for me too. I asked alot of people and noone knew what to say about it. Darwin would even wake up in the middle of the night (sometimes 3 or 4 times) with the crying.

I guess it was a phase, because as quick as it started, it stopped. One thing I did do was, my parents sent him a really soft cuddly teddy bear that we named Oso, When I would tuck him im I would also tuck in Oso and talk to Oso and tell him "not to be scared because Darwin was right here to take care of him" and things like that.

It seemed to help Darwin by giving him responsibility over helping Oso not to be scared.

It is over for us, he sleeps and wakes up happy again.

Hi. My daughter is 4 and she did this for a while when she was 2-3 years old. She is hospitalized a lot for a metabolism disorder she has and we related them to that. Our pediatrician said to be attentive and always respond to her until she calms down. It is important to let her know that she is safe and we are there for her. We just made sure she wasn't watching any "scary" things on TV or in books to make it worse. My daughter quite having them around 3 1/2 and hasn't had any since. I guess she just grew out of it. Good luck

Ya, my daughter is doing that now too, I just make sure she stays awake for a minute or so, just to make sure she doesn't go back into the dream. It happens because they are developing an imagination at this age along with new fears. It will pass soon, don't know when, but when they can decipher between reality and dreams. Shoot, sometimes I still wake up with night terrors lol! Just remain patient, and good luck :)

Our twins did it and our son does it too now sometimes....he's 16 mo old. The girls did it after naps, night time sleeping, you name it, and it freaked us out. One of our daughters (our twins are now 5) still does it most of the time she wakes from a nap. It is like they are exhausted and come out of the sleep so fast that they can't catch up to it, mentally. Make sense? It DOES PASS, it just takes time.

How does she do with other transitions? Does she exhibit any type of resistance when it's time to move from play to eating, or from outside to in or vice-versa, etc? My child was one, and still is at 8 y.o., who had a hard time moving from one activity to another. She needs lots of advance "notice." This could be that type of problem, and if so, this too shall pass with some patience.