DS1 (3.10) waking up sobbing in the night

[MogTheForgetfulCat]

He has been doing this for several nights in a row now. He is barely awake, and doesn't seem overly distressed - not screaming/crying, but sobbing and unhappy. Maybe bad dreams? Doesn't need the loo, nothing hurts (he says), he seems well in himself during the day (although going through a v moody phase, and quite prone to tears) - no temp etc. Feel v hearing him, but when I go in he seems barely awake. Any ideas? Trip to GP to get him checked out?

Sounds like bad dreams to me, and nothing to worry about. Carry on reassuring him, but try not to wake him too much when you go in.

Hi,

Ms DS1 3.3 did this same thing every night for months and months. Inconsolable,sobbing and often asleep.

He was diagnosed with lactose intolerance and as soon as we cut dairy products ( or replaced them with lactose free alternatives) he stopped, virtually overnight. he does it occasionally now for example hen he drinks his little brothers milk by mistake, or has had the wrong butter or cheese by accident. Do not know if sleep disturbance related to food is a common thing or just unique to us!! But I can just tell you it is true for us

But also, he never seemed/s troubled by the episode, even thought he really sobs and is inconsolable. He never refers to it the following day and he never says he has bad dreams

Good luck with your little cherub!

My Daughtre does the same regulary..she is 7 years old. Laughs whenI tell her about it the next morning as she has no memory of it. Very happy, confident child all other times. It seems like night terrors with my daughter and have been told that this is typical of a child with an overactive imagination, which my DD certainly has!!

Thanks for these reassurances! Was sure he wouldn't be the only one who has gone through this...

Mog (love your name !) - if this is happening in the earlier hours of sleep - eg before 10 ish, then could be Night Terrors (google it).

DS1 suffered from these from around age 2 until the last year or so (he is 9). Sometimes they were very dramatic and scary, - almost as if he was hallucinating - terrified and pointing to something that wasn't there, yet not fully awake, sweaty and unresponsive (I used to sing gently to him until he relaxed). He never had any memory of them. They also occasionally happened after he was woken prematurely from a nap.