DD used to go through phases of this a lot but hasn't done it for a few months now so thought we were past it. She's 13 months and last night was awful. Other than these bad periods she's a decent enough sleeper so I was complacent and didn't end up falling asleep until about midnight. 2.30am she was up and absolutely hysterical. Screamed until she exhausted herself and felll asleep in our bed just before 5am then we transferred her. I've been up since 7.15 for work but DH is off with her today so I have my fingers crossed she will have a lay in for him at least. We never know what to do when this happens, she was sooooo distressed. We tried:
- walking about with her
- cuddling her sitting on our bed and talking to her
- holding her and rocking her in the rocking chair
- patting her in her own cotbed (she is in our room)
- water - she had a few sips here and there
- Calpol
- bottle of milk, she drank about 5.5oz from 6oz we offered. She hasn't had milk in the night for many months.
- Ibuprofen
- Putting her in bed with us.
Nothing seemed to work although ibuprofen night have but it could have just been coincidence with her already having exhausted herself. Putting her in our bed didn't actually help she just screamed for 20/30 mins really just gradually reduced til she fell asleep. We didn't call 111 as she did used to do this a lot when younger and none of the HCPs can find anything wrong with her. She does have dummy but when she gets like this she just keeps spitting it out to scream for a bit then takes it for a min or two then repeats for hours.
Wwyd in these situations? I am worried about offering milk in case it becomes a habit too but I didn't know what else to try?!