18mo screaming in his cot

[GirlWiththeMouseyHair]

a bit of an emergency post - DS's naps have been totally buggered today ecause he got up so early, consequently at his usual bedtime (7pm) he wasn't tired, kept him up an extra half an hour but obviously he wasn't tired still and we spent the next hour me playing quietly with him in his room. Now he's knackered but every time I calm him down he screams as soonas we get near his cot...he's so so tired and now screaming "mama" and crying and occasionally fighting for breath. I'm going in every 2-5mins (when I can't bear it any longer) but he won't even be calmed by me now

Wouldn't normally be so panciked by it but no DH so reverting back to emotional, tired, fraught, guilty mother of a colicky baby feelings

HELP!

just go and lie on your bed with him and cuddle him. He'll give in

Take him into your bed and cuddle up together.

a third vote for take him into your bed and cuddle him until he falls asleep.

DS went through a phase like this (he is now 22 months) but is now back sleeping in his cot all nicely after a few nights of heavily pg mummy sleeping on his bedroom floor - DD is now 9 weeks old and have not had any screaming in cot at all

Maybe put some soothing music on, maybe he is a bit over stimulated/ over tired (sounds like my dd when she got like that) sometimes just having you near the cot until he calms down might be enough. Hope it is going alright xXx

thanks for the responses. He's never been one for cuddling with mummy unless ill, he tends to get very overexcited and run around instead!

Managed to calm him down by taking him out of his room for a bit, he's so so overtired now bless him. Started screaming as soon as his head his the mattress but seems to have gone quite within less than a min....so far for 3 mins.

Poor boy, trouble is I know when he's this overtired he'll wake early tomorrow and it'll be a big old struggle again.

Feeling a bit calmer (and poured a glass of wine)

if he starts again I'll bring him into my bed and see if that works

thankyou!

Have to say I might have left him a bit longer than 5 minutes if Iknew he was just overtired but then I'm a bit of a hard-arse!

I know - if DH was here he would ahve made me leave him longer but when on my own my emotions get the better of me and I just can't handle hearing him sobbing so hard (if he was just whimpering it'd have different)

Thanks for releiving my panic here - all quite for 25mins now so I reckon he's asleep, I'm off too because I'm guaranteed an early wake up now!

"my emotions get the better of me and I just can't handle hearing him sobbing so hard (if he was just whimpering it'd have different)"

And so they should! 5 minutes is quite long enough to leave a child sobbing!

it's probably more like "when i feel it's been 5mins" *as in it's actually been 30secs)