1 1/2 year old waking up crying every night?
My 1 1/2 year old daughter wakes up in the middle of the night EVERY night and starts crying very loudly. I can't figure out if she's in pain or had a nightmare or just has sleeping problems. [I can't just give her tylenol EVERY night becuase she might be in pain. It's bad on the body after a while] She has done it EVERY single night for around a couple of weeks to a month now. It takes her maybe 30 minutes or an hour of crying to get back to sleep. The other night, she woke up crying, fell back to sleep for MAYBE two minutes and was right back awake yelling again. That lasted ALL night. I hated life at work the next day. I don't understand what's wrong with her.
How do I cure my children of their night terrors and nightmares?
My child had night terrors. This is what we were instructed by her therapist (child had other behavioral problems). We followed the instuctions and noticed a decrease in the night terrors right away. The child hasn't had any terros in several months, only having them about 3 or 4 times a year now (as opposed to 4 or 5 times a week). Keep child in a safe place - no sharp objects in bedroom. Do NOT try to wake or talk to child during night terrors - it only aggrivates them more. Do NOT put socks or footed pajamas on the child and do NOT tuck in sheets or blankets. I'm not sure why this worked but the instant we stopped letting her sleep in socks, the terrors decreased. Keep a food and activity journal to track trends in terrors. ----------- Our pediatrician didn't believe our child was having night terrors because she was so young (starting at 18 months). We took her to a therapist and we even vidoe taped the 2 hour long night terrors we thought she was having. The therapist confirmed what we thought and we followed her advice. It's been working for several years. Don't be surprised if your Dr. doesn't do anything or believe you. You may have to get a second opinion. Good luck!
My 2 year old wakes up crying, any advise?
Kids get nightmares around this age, so it will be better to have something that can soothe her in the night, like a favorite toy or maybe a night light. Try to see to it that she isn't seeing anything upsetting on TV or things like that. Also see if there is a new addition in food lately, that might be causing her to wake up. Some foods are hard to digest and may cause bad dreams also. If her blanket/covers are too heavy or too hot (as the weather is getting warmer), that might be discomforting too.
My son wants pancakes every night!?
Everyday, when my youngest arrived home from kindergarten, he wanted pancakes for lunch. Everyday. After eating his fill, he would play awhile then ask for a peanut butter sandwich and some baby carrots. Everyday. This went on for the duration of his kindergarten career. He is now 17 and eats everything in sight. As my third child, he got the lenient mom. I'd learned by then that all kids go through food jags... Pancakes aren't going to kill the boy. If it's pancakes he wants, then give in, he's still just a baby. You might try cutting down on portion size, and offering up a more healthful snack at bedtime... But in the end, it's only pancakes.
Help!!! My 1 year old keeps going to sleep later and later at night! Its an absolute nightmare trying to get?
I have the same problem. My son was going to bed at 8 every night and them after daylight savings time change he does not go to bed until 9 or 10 at night. What I have found helpful is to cover the window in his bedroom so there is not much light coming in. This has seemed to help on most nights but not all. Hope this helps because I know the pain you are going through.
I need ways to stop night terrors in a 5 year old?
My daughter had night terrors when she was 3 (my fiance had just died, and this was her time for acting out her feelings). Anyway, once we figured out what was going on, I looked up some information on the internet. At one parenting site (sorry, can't remember what it was now) a suggestion was to wake her about 1/2 hour before she would normally wake up screaming. Get her up, go potty, get a drink, whatever... just get her up and awake. This worked!! The reason it did is because it breaks that natural sleep cycle. They don't get to the part where they fall into that deep sleep REM cycle, so it interupts the cycle. We did this for about a week, then it effectively broke the cycle, and she went back to sleeping like normal. It is important to do this BEFORE she starts in... not DURING. During the night terror, she no longer knows that you are there- they are in a kind of trance-like state. I know they are upsetting... my daughter would scream bloody murder, recoil in horror if you touched her or came near her, and it would last nearly an hour and a half each time. Every morning, she remembered nothing. Usually it is brought on by trauma, but not all the time. Once you get her to break the cycle by waking her, and it is all over with- watch this scary movie with your hubby- They (by Wes Craven, of Nightmare on Elm Street fame). It is a twist on children with night terrors (from a horror master mindframe). It will make you feel better about the small terrors you have had to deal with with your child- 'cause at least they don't have the problems like the characters in the movie! (It IS very scary- so if you don't like scary movies- don't watch this one!) It just freaked me out because the experience I had with my daughter seemed like she could be seeing the things in the movie. Wes Craven's real life child had night terrors, so he based this movie on his real life experiences with his own child (with a little movie magic, of course). So, in answer to your question- wake her up about 1/2 hour before she normally wakes in the night, and get her up and moving to break the sleep cycle. Good luck!