My daughter is 16 months old and she has always been a great sleeper. The only time she has a hard time sleeping is when she is teething. With that said, my husband and I are at a loss right now. She has started crying and screaming for the last two nights. Last night it was at 12:30-2:00 am and tonight it was right when we put her in bed. My husband finally had to go and stand by her bed until she went to sleep. We have never had issues like this with her. We did have a very very busy weekend in which she did not get enough sleep, but would that trigger this behavior? Has anyone else delt with this and if so what did you do?
FYI: We do have a bed time route of a bath, story, milk and then bed at 8:00. We have been following it, but things were a little out of the ordinary the end of last week.
My daughter did this. It would happen every so often and last a few days to a couple of weeks. I think the previous post of giving her some tylenol might help because maybe something is waking her up. Other than that, just know it is normal and hopefully it will pass soon. Maybe she's just trying to get back on schedule.
She still could be teething and molars and eye teeth can really hurt, just try a dose of tylenol before bedtime, or teething tablets. Do not stand in her room as that will start a habit that will be very hard to break.
She could be having bad dreams too, night terrors can happen at this age too, they don't last long and all you can do is pat her on the back, reassure her but tell her it is time to go back to sleep. If you stay with her or turn up lights or anything else it will throw her sleeping off big time, if you keep the lights dim if you have to go back in to her and whisper that will help keep her body in check for sleeping.
Even if she is eating a wide variety of new foods try mylicon drops too as it could be gas. I am betting it is teeth, try tylenol before bed, try not to rush in unless she is really upset.
When my daughter is overtired, she actually has MORE trouble sleeping - waking in the night crying, waking early in the morning, etc. It may be that you just need to allow her a lot of opportunity to sleep (nap and maybe go down at night a bit earlier for a few days). Once she's well rested, if she is still having trouble, it may be a different issue (teething, etc.)
They also say that children have interrupted sleep when they're about to hit a milestone (crawling, walking, etc.) so it may be that she's developing and growing and that is upsetting her sleep. It could be that she's having some separation anxiety, fears, etc. Could be a LOT of things!
Try to get her well rested, and I am sure she'll get back on schedule.
She could be teething again and they could be irritant, but again it could be the beginning of her night terrors. The only thing the doctor recommended was give her some tylenol or motrin and see what she does. I would also try some mylicon in case she may have a little gas. every child changes there sleep routine 2 to 3 times by the time there 2.
