OK.... Let me first say that I have the most wonderful 21 month old little girl. She is just amazing. But, I have to say that I am at my wits end with one issue, and need advice from other moms. My daughter is a morning crier. During the day it is typical stuff, and I am able to get her to calm down pretty easilly....but every morning....for 21 months, she has woken up crying. She goes to bed easilly, and for the most part is a decent sleeper, but there hasn't been a single morning that I have had the pleasure of waking up to a happy baby. There is nothing wrong with her....when we go in to get her, she instantly turns happy.... I just don't know what to do. I have hoped that she would outgrow this behavior, but no luck yet.
Does anyone else have experience with this? I have tried lots of things to alter this behavior, but would love to hear advice from other moms. Thanks for taking the time to write!
Update: She is talking now, so she could simply call out to us, and she doesn't necessarily stand up in the crib...she will just lay there and cry....so she isn't trying to "escape".
My son is 22 months old and he is in a twin bed and every morning he gets up and goes to the baby gate at his doorway and cries till we come get him. I thought this was normal. I cant remember if my daughter did this. He has the option of playing with his toys in his room but he still goes to the gate and cries. He still wakes up at least once at night and does the same thing go to the gate and cries. At least your not alone.
I kind-of always thought this was normal!! hehe! My daughter is now 26 months and she just started to YELL for us in the AM. Some mornings she's crying while yelling. And then some AM's she will play in there for a bit. I would say it's just a baby/kid thing.
M.,
Have you considered a toddler bed at this point? Your daughter sounds like she is maturing and ready to take more responsibility of waking up and coming to you.
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My son has the above bed and when he was 22 months old, we changed it from a crib into the toddler bed. He loves it. He sleeps in it until about 2am and then, on his own, comes to our bed, climbs up, and sleeps between us. He is very independent and this method has been wonderful for all of us. At night, we have placed night lights in the house. So, he finds his way to us with no problems. Now, we do live in a ranch style home. So, no stairs.
Hope this helps.
Is she talking well??? Crying is a way babies communicate and in the morning it's "i am awake come get me" .I am sure if she would wake up in the bed next to you she would not cry. It's just how she calls you since she can not get out by herself, IMO:)
I wonder if once she is out of the crib she will not cry and just get out of bed. Have you shown her the monitor in which you can hear her and tell her that all she has to do is say, "mommy" and you will come get her asap? What if you went in there prior to her waking up and rubbed her back slowly to wake her...would she wake up crying then? What does the doc say? I would assume she would grow out of it. Maybe she does not like to be alone?? does she cry when waking from a nap too? Maybe she had nightmares and wakes up scared. Soon she will be out of her crib and maybe that will help. Try putting some toys in her crib for her to play with when she wakes up. You can get things that attach to her crib or just put them in the corner. We used to always have toys in the corner for ours to play with when they woke up. Good luck
