Re: 16-month old cries every night - why?

"Ericka Kammerer" <eek@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward wrote:
>> On Jul 21, 7:00 pm, Ericka Kammerer <e...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>>         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?  Or 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)?  I know waking a sleeping baby is an
>>> unattractive proposition, but maybe if you just interrupt
>>> his sleep cycle a bit it will change something.
>
>> That seems to be the recommended approach for kids suffering from
>> night terrors.
>
> Well, whoda thunk it?  I had no idea.
>
>> We'll give it a try, I'm very curious if it helps.
>> I'll re****t back on what we find.
>
> I'll be very curious to hear!  Plus, I'll be keeping
> my fingers crossed.  I firmly believe that everything is harder
> when you're not getting good sleep.
>
It worked with #2's night terrors when she had them regularly. She used to

start thra****ng around like having a temper tantrum and scream "no!" and 
"don't strap me in" "I don't want to go in the buggy".
The other thing that worked when she had occasional ones was putting my
arms 
round her and saying "you're in bed and mummy's here". She would calm
don't 
almost immediately. But then she was older (around 2yo) and so had a bit 
more understanding.
Debbie