Our DS is 9 months and has slept 12 hours each night since he was 6 months old (lucky us!). We have never had to deal with a wake up in the night until last night and it freaked us out as it is so unusual. He suddenly started screaming really loudly and after 5 mins DH went in to check that he was ok (which he was - not out of covers, nothing fallen on him etc). We then left him for 20 mins screaming and planned to go back in and give him Calpol as we thought that it may be teething pain. Thank God, DS went back to sleep after 20 mins and we didn't need to go back in, but it left us wondering if we handled it right. Is this 20 mins checking business appropriate in the middle of the night? I have a feeling that this wasn't a one off and want to be more prepared than we were last night.
Also, can 9 month olds have nightmares? His cry was so sudden that this was the olny other reason that we could think of apart from teething pain. If it was teething, surely DS would not have gone back to sleep so quickly?
Anyone else with experience?
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9mth old very sudden night waking - concerned
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Pebs · 05/04/2005 12:28
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