For the past few nights, my son has been waking up. He's not screaming when he wakes up, but he's crying. He isn't hungry, doesn't want anything other than to be held and rocked back to sleep. I get up with him, rock him for a few minutes, and he's out again. Then a few hours later, he's awake and crying once again. He's not teething, but even when he is, he has never done this before. He's not in any pain that I know of, because he falls asleep while I'm rocking him. He also doesn't want daddy, he just wants me. Right now he is sound asleep, but I'm waiting for him to wake up again.
I know there is nothing I can do to prevent them, but I just feel so bad for the little guy. Normally he sleeps through the night, and it's rare that he wakes up like this.
No real point to this post, other than to talk about something. It's 5:47am here, and I'm waiting for him to wake up again.
How is everyone else doing?
Night Terrors... :(
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Unless there's other information, that doesn't sound like night terrors to me. Just sounds like a typical toddler whose used to being rocked to sleep. I would just work on some self soothing methods.
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When my DD has night terrors, she is unable to be soothed, she just screams & cries for minutes to hours, while the rest of us suffer in sleepless agony.
Good luck, I hope this phase passes quickly.
Good luck, I hope this phase passes quickly.
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Good point. He might be in a sleeping pattern.Olioxenfree wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:37 am Unless there's other information, that doesn't sound like night terrors to me. Just sounds like a typical toddler whose used to being rocked to sleep. I would just work on some self soothing methods.
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As others have said that is not night terrors at all. That just sounds like he wants his mom and it is a phase.agander2017 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 6:48 am For the past few nights, my son has been waking up. He's not screaming when he wakes up, but he's crying. He isn't hungry, doesn't want anything other than to be held and rocked back to sleep. I get up with him, rock him for a few minutes, and he's out again. Then a few hours later, he's awake and crying once again. He's not teething, but even when he is, he has never done this before. He's not in any pain that I know of, because he falls asleep while I'm rocking him. He also doesn't want daddy, he just wants me. Right now he is sound asleep, but I'm waiting for him to wake up again.
I know there is nothing I can do to prevent them, but I just feel so bad for the little guy. Normally he sleeps through the night, and it's rare that he wakes up like this.
No real point to this post, other than to talk about something. It's 5:47am here, and I'm waiting for him to wake up again.
How is everyone else doing?
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When a child has night terrors they are usually inconsolable. This sounds like a baby who wants his mom.
He's probably having a vivid or bad dream. Night terrors are more intense. In night terrors a child cries inconsolably and you cannot wake the child up. It's heartwrenching to watch your child in the throes of a night terror because nothing you do will wake the child up. And when the child wakes up she doesn't remember the dream.