15 month old waking in night and screaming

[crookmum]

Helpppppp me please...

A few weeks ago my daughter wasnt well so her sleep pattern went out of the window with her sleeping with me and waking lots in the night.

Since then, every night i really struggle to get her to go to bed at bedtime and she wakes in the night screaming and nothing seems to calm her. She doesnt want picking up/ putting down/ milk/ water... we've tried it all. Im exhausted. Weve resorted to taking her out in the buggy to try to calm her which isnt an ideal solution. I have 2 other children and i worry she will wake them, lst night she screamed for nearly 2 hours. My husband and I are both very tired and grumpy. He thinks i should take her to the docs as there must be something wrong with her, I wonder if its teething? Im too tired to think straight? Ive been bringing her downstairs to not disturb the others, but now im on the sofa every night and its not that comfy. Any suggestions?

Mine does this. I think it was initially a hangover form colic days. It is getting less and less now but when it happens it is awful.
He wakes with a jolt, and a shrill scream that makes my heart almost stop. The he scrams in obvious pain/discomfort. I pick him up but can't seem to calm him down. He kicks his legs and allsorts.

It is getting less, but the other day, he seemed really grumpy all afternoon and was not his usuall self. I instinctively dreaded the night and sure enough he started screaming. I ended up bringing his buggy upstairs and putting him to sleep in it while I rocked him. Took hour Also gave him calpol.

I too am thinking of going to the health visitor. I think it is wind or belly ache, don't know why just instinct.

It is alarming though. There is some sort of pattern becuase it comes and goes over a period of weeks, it seems to peak and then slowly go again.

Having re read your OP and mine, I think it may be the fact that they have woken up that is the problem.

There is also a link when mine does it to him not getting off to sleep well initially at bed time.

Also if he doesn't have his 3 massive naps in the day, it cocks up his night sleep which was the opposite to DD. I used to get her tired in the day so she would sleep at night.

Think it might be sleep related rather than belly ache (sounds odd but do you know what I mean?)

Hi, my 16 month old has been doing this now for about 4 weeks. I have been putting it down to her teeth, she is def getting a couple of big ones through. But i read that toddlers sleep patterns now change, they have more going on during the day, walking blah blah, more to process etc, so when they go through the stages of sleep throughout the night they are more likely now to startle themselves awake, I don't get why so inconsable though. My daughter literally screams the place down, luckily a small bottle usually sorts her out. But I don't want her to get used to a night feed as she has been sleeping through fine without on for ages.
Apparently it's a phase, but for how long, I don't know.
Like I say she is def getting teeth through, so maybe it is a pain cry (certainly sounds painful), maybe with yours it their tummys, but do they ever cry like that during the day? mine doesn't. Sorry guess I haven't added much light, but hope we all get a decent night sleep soon, x

ps will try to find the link I read re sleep patterns

I've had the same, and figured out the problem is the heat. The fan on in her room all night has helped.