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Not sure if this is the right place to start this thread from - but here goes anyway! My ds is now 12months old, and has always been a really good sleeper - however, for the last 5 - 6 weeks (maybe even longer, I have no idea) he's been waking up about 3 times a night screaming. Quite often he is screaming in his sleep. I have absolutely no idea what it is - and more importantly, how to fix it. He's definitely not hungry. He could be teething, infact, I guess it could be anything! Does anyone else have this problem? ANd more importantly, does anyone have any possible solutions for me ??? I work full time, and the lack of sleep is making a complete zombie !!!

Spoonful of calpol before bed if teething.

try a drop of gripe water before bed and maybe get some ashton and parsons herbal teething powder you just rub on gums and put some on tongue this will help with aching gums and belly ache that can come with teething

if that doesnt work then try some calpol or baby neurofen it is just trial and error my ds used to do the same it was because he had trapped wind through night so had to give him gripe water

some babies do just generally start waking up for comfort i would imagine its teething i used to gripe water teething gel and powder him before he went to bed never really found out which one it was lol apart from wind but elimination just do it all lol

Listen to bubbla girl, she is the patron saint of sleep!!!! I hadnt had a decent night sleep in 3.6 years, took her advice and my ds slept all night, last night!!!

oh dont you'll make me i still haven't cracked it with my own child lol although he settles great and now sleeps in ready bed on my floor he has delayed speech though so we need to work on that first and i can then bow down for my new role lol

i'm just happy that it did work for you i know how it feels to just have no time at all for your self xxxxxxx

should just add he settles in his own bed at all times and comes in later in night to the ready bed

for your disturbed nights. my 12mo ds does this sometimes. I always put it down to teeth (though not always convinced it is!). When he wakes (usually only once) I give calpol and cuddles and then put him back in his cot. If he carries on, I go and cuddle/comfort him again - and back in cot and then I leave him to it. He goes back off within 10mins usually. I don't realy know what you are meant to do with middle- of-the -night-wakings as, so long as they do not seem ill i.e. temperature etc., there is not much you can do otehr than offer comfort. I have avoided any bottles/cuddles in my bed for fear of forming a habit i then have to break for him iyswim. imo i think it is best to deal wiht the waking in as matter of fact way as poss so as not to encourage it but at the same time, attending to the lo's need for comfort. hope that makes sense!

Hadn't thought of gripe water - so I'll put that one on my list ! Ever since he was born, we never give cuddles in the night (unless he's obviously ill / temperature etc.) so he definitely isn't waking for comfort. Often he's still asleep during the screaming - so maybe it's night terrors or something (btw, if anyone has experienced these & has any advice - I'd love to hear it). I've tried calpol and junior nurofen - but - don't stop the middle of the night screaming - so either it's not anything linked to these, or it's worn off by then ! Also, tried the teething powder - which is great initially, but again, seems to eitehr wear off really quickly, or isn't fixing the problem ! ANy other ideas ?

OK - gripe water didn't work ! He was up 5 times last night !!! Has anyone else had this problem ?

imagine.... I would suggest he is trying it on . IF you are sure he is not uncomfortable in any way you may need to get firm !

Really not sure he is trying it on - he's actually asleep throughout ! Not sure how much firmer I can be - in that, I don't pick him up, don't talk to him etc. I literally, go into his room, move him back to being straight in the cot, sometimes insert dummy, and leave ! Because he's still asleep throughout the whole thing, I really confused !

imagine - sorry! I think i misunderstood. Really dn#t know what to suggest then . Just recite "it's a phase, it's a phase......"

apparently babies this young can get night terrors which is a baby version of our nightmares! it doesnt do them any harm and if they remain asleep throughout maybe they are just better left...i know this doesnt help you sleep but if you have ruled out any other underlying cause this could be a strong possibility?

My DS went through a stage of crying/waking at the same time every night - spoke to HV - and she suggested he could be having a bad dream and to monitor it. If it doesn't stop/get any better, she recommended lightly waking him about 10 minutes before the usual crying/waking and then settling him again. That way he would fall back into a slumber and get past that certain time - IYKWIM?

Not sure if it would help you if he is not doing this at the same time every night?

When I went back to work my dd did this too- she wanted to be held as she missed me in the day. Although she initially went to sleep fine in the evening, around 10 and 2 she would scream. The only thing to soothe her was cuddles, and she would fall back asleep immediately as long as she was on my chest!
I tried a week of picking her up slightly earlier from nursery, and giving her lots of cuddle time after tea before bed (skipped baths a few nights) and I found that she slept through.
She's older now (19mo) and only has a screaming night if I'm exceptionally late home (usually because of a meeting runing late). She seems to understand more now when I say to her that I'll be late, and I'm sorry about it, and I tell her I love her.
She has always appeared to have 'nightmares' though from very tiny- I think some people are just more prone to them, babies included.
Hope things improve!