So there's too issues with my DS.
1: He wakes up in the middle of the night just once most nights.
2: More rare; but he can become inconsolable after waking up (either from a nap or from sleep)
He has a rather strict sleep schedule, has done since he was 4 months old. He knows it well and goes down easy. It's just staying there/waking up that's the issue. Half the time he wakes up anywhere between 11pm-4am at least once. Sometimes he can self soothe, other times he can't. It's not always crying, most of the time he just wakes up and starts babbling and calling for us. I followed advice from professionals so he goes to bed with a full belly, temperature is always good and so on - but it's never guaranteed he'll sleep through even though he definitely can.
The worst though is when he wakes up screaming. It's not often at all, but when it does, it's so distressing. He stirs, starts crying, quickly escalates into screaming, hitting himself, throwing everything around. During this, no one can touch him, nothing can calm him down (no dummies or comforters, or cuddles) he is just inconsolable. It can go on for some time, no matter we try.
It's really upsetting to see. I feel useless. He can't tell me if it's pain or something else and I feel terrible 😟
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20 Month Old Inconsolable After Sleeping?
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VixenAndCub · 30/12/2020 16:11
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