HELP..HYSTERICAL BABY

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Help please. Dh & I are at the end of our tether..

DD has been il since thursday night and it seemed like she was starting with a cold. Each night our sleep has got less and less. She hasn't slept much during the day either. Usually 2 naps of 1 hour and maybe another 2. Today she just had a longer nap although it was broken sleep iykwim.

During the day she has ben fine, playing, laughing and being a typical 17 month old BUT tonight we put her to bed as usual at 7pm and she has hardly slept. We have had her up with us and tried to tire her out but nothing....at 12am we ended up driving around our village to get her to sleep. Upon transfering her into her cot she woke again and it all started again....
So far she has managed 1 hour unbroken sleep but we are shattered. DH atm is asleep (or trying to ) with dd on her nursing chair.

She will only settle if you pat or stroke her back or tummy so we guess maybe along with the cold she has tummy ache. She hasn't eaten much todat and has had no dirty nappies, being dosed up on calpol and brufen usually does this to her....

HELP....Whats next.? I have tried some infacol for colic or wind and hopefully it will help.
Whats peoples thoughts.?

BTW she is normally so placid which is why we are stressing out. She is hysterical and is never like this. We have always been able to settle her till now.

A trip to a&e..? any ideas on whats wrong..???

TIA

If she is calm and fine when you get her up, I would say that there isnt likely to be anything medically wrong.

It could be that laying flat is uncomfortable for her if she has a cold and perhaps tilting the cot would fix that?

Other than that, it sounds to me like she is wanting comfort.

If she hasnt eaten much - she could possibly be hungry?

If she does have a temperature, and is fussing even when picked up I would suggest contacting a doctor/going to A & E.

if you think this is abnormal for your baby then phone the docs or take her up to a&e.

have you tried bringing her into your bed to sleep between you? the contact may be all she needs. if they have coldy syptoms it always gets worse at night.
if she is sleeping now on dh then get him to move genbtly into bed and snuggle up the threeof you.

if she has got a sore throat then a sore tummy often goes hand in hand-same kind of membranes or something

SHE IS UPSET WHEN WE PICK HER UP BUT WE SEEM TO BE ABLE TO CALM HER DOWN AND WE HAVE LET HER WANDER OFF AND SHE SEEMS CONTENT IYKWIM....THAT MAKES US THINK SHE IS OK MEDICALLY OTHER THAN HAVING A COLD..ITS THE CRYING WHEN WE LEAVE HER THOUGH. WE HAVE TRIED PUTTING HER INTO HER TRAVEL COT IN OUR ROOM BUT SHE WON'T HAVE IT...

HER TEMP WAS 38.5 AT 6PM BUT AT THE LAST CHECK AT 1AM IT WAS AROUND 37.6 SO IT HAS COME DOWN. I THINK ITS LACK OF SLEEP MORE THAN ANYTHING WITH US...[SAD]. ALSO WE HATE HER BEING ILL AS THEY CAN'T SAY WHATS WRONG..

WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT COMFORT..? JUST SIT UP WITH HER.? THE SUGGESTION ABOUT BEING HUNGRY IS GOOD, SHE HAS ONLY HAD A FEW BISCUITS AND HER CEREAL THIS MORNING..NOT THROUGH LACK OF TRYING.! WILL SEE IF SHE WILL HAVE ANYTHING.

THANKS VVV

Oppps,, didn't mean to shout that. xx

Why don't you give her some Weetabix and then bring her into bed with you? You might all get a sleep

Thing is she has never been a baby to sleep with us iykwim. We have offered and tried to encourage it esp sunday morning etc BUT as we never offered it as a baby for fear of it becoming habit she doesn't seem keen. She tends to wants to jump around and play if we offer her the bed.!

So sore throat and tummy come hand in hand..mmmmm. Just googled consiptaion and it seems like that could be it. She has drunk plenty but nothing has been eaten really. It seems that we are doing right by trying to massage her tummy. It suggests a bath so if she doesn't settle then I'm off to suggest that to dh.

Then it's the option of a&e as like you said alexscm its not typical of her this...

turn all the lights off, bring her into your bed in the middle and just lie quietly holding her or resting your hand on her tummy. don't give her an option and make it clear it's sleep time.

we are just bathing her now as per a websites advice, apparently it will help relieve consiptation, then we will try massaging her tummy as we have been doing and then try some weetabix, then try bed and see how she goes.

Gosh, with ds2b on the way I don't think things get any easier do they..?!!!!

Thanks for the advice everyone, see you can count on mner's exactly when you need them. xx

just to update, the worse night ever since she was born . Aftre bathing her and offering her weetabix (which she refussed to eat..yet managed a biscuit..??) we put her into her own bed. We have offered our bed before but usually isn't the type of baby who will sit still with us iykwim.
Anyway she would sleep for 45 mins, wake (well not wake totally but would be crying), we would go in settle and then it would all start again 45 mins later. At 8am we got her up, more medicine and put her into bed with us. At 1st she was like we expected BUT then as she was so knackered she fell off to sleep. .
We all woke at around 11am. No tears, no screaming etc. She did murmer during the time with us but not as before.

She won't eat anything still so we are seeing how she goes. Not sure if we will try the out of hours gp as usually we are told to give calpol and bed. Great help..!!

Anyway heres to us all getting some much needed sleep. Thanks again for all of your advice last night. xx