What could be causing this?

[hodgeheg22]

Dd is 6 months old. Perfectly happy during the day. Some issues with allergies, eczema etc but overall she is well and in a good mood.

Put her to bed and without fail every night she wakes screaming multiple times up until about 9pm when she settles fully. It's as though something has woken her up and the way she carries on it's like she's really distressed. Usually if I go in and shush her or pick her up she will go back down immediately. Then sleep for a bit longer and rinse repeat.

I gave her calpol once as I thought if it were pain waking her up it might help. She slept though deeply and never heard a peep.

The next night I didn't give calpol and she woke up screaming again. Does anyone have any ideas? Surely if she were poorly or in pain she would be unsettled during the day too?

Possibly night terrors, bless her. Though it’s quite young for them to start. They are harmless and most children do grow out of them, and in older children they’re never remembered in the morning. They are still asleep when it’s happening, if it is this. Best thing to do is just cuddle and reassure until it stops.

Separation anxiety?

Could be teething, they seem to feel it worse at night when there are no distractions and since you said once given calpol and didn’t hear a peep there potentially could be pain. Mommy cuddles always makes my little one stop crying and he’s teething but the same soon as I put him down & that pain kicks in again he’s awake.

given the calpol seemed to work I’d say it’s teething. Dd suffered terribly with her teeth and I wondered whether I was relying too much on calpol/neurofen at points but if you’re in pain you’re in pain. I’d had a couple of wisdom teeth come through a year or so before I had her so sympathised with the pain of cutting a new tooth and it does hurt more at night for some reason. Distraction maybe?

I’d give her something for two or three nights on the trot and then see how the forth went. If it is teething that should be enough time hopefully for it to have worked past a painful stage.

Teething?

I did wonder about teething but usually she has other symptoms such as bad nappies and rosy cheeks. I've had a feel and can't feel anything new coming through but it would make sense I guess. It's just the same cycle every night. Goes down for about 45 minutes then wakes up screaming. I pick her up and cuddle her for a minute and she goes back down. Then the same thing at least two or three more times until she finally settles for the night. So odd. I just wish I knew what was upsetting her.