On Jul 21, 7:00=A0pm, Ericka Kammerer <e...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward wrote:
> > Can anyone help me figure out this mystery? =A0My 16-month old wakes
up
> > between midnight and 2 am every single night and cries very loudly. He
> > just wakes up every night without fail, sits up and cries, with his
> > eyes closed. =A0He says "No, no!" and pushes us away if we try to pick
> > him up. =A0Generally a bottle will console him, but at times times he
i=
s
> > too upset even for that. The past couple of nights, he accepted to be
> > carried in our arms and then went to sleep again with a bottle.
>
> > We have not been able to change the pattern whether we feed him a lot
> > or a little for dinner, or whether he has had a particularly busy day
> > or not.
>
> > It's so bad that our condo neighbours have complained, which prompted
> > us to look for a single family home. =A0We're moving this week in
fact!
> > Still, we would like to figure out why our little one cries. =A0It's
> > been going on for months and months. =A0I don't remember the last time
> > he slept through the night without crying at least once. =A0Some
nights
> > he wakes up multiple times too.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 I'm not sure why he's waking, but have you tried
> waking him yourself a little beforehand (maybe when you
> go to bed) to see if that disrupts the routine? =A0Or have
> you tried taking him to visit somewhere else to see if
> he still does (in case there's some noise or something
> that happens between midnight and 2am in your neighborhood
> that wakes him)? =A0I know waking a sleeping baby is an
> unattractive proposition, but maybe if you just interrupt
> his sleep cycle a bit it will change something.
>
> Best wishes,
> Ericka- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Ericka,
That seems to be the recommended approach for kids suffering from
night terrors. We'll give it a try, I'm very curious if it helps.
I'll re****t back on what we find.
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