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Praying last night was a one off, but if it isn't? Advice please?

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CreatureComfort · 17/09/2021 08:31

I've been really lucky with my 2 year old reliably sleeping through the night from 9 months old. We've had spells of him being unsettled when we've had big changes like moving house or moving into a bed but nothing crazy. Last night however he went to bed as normal and woke up at 10.30 screaming the house down, really unusual, I went straight up and he was crying for a hug so I gave him a cuddle and he fell asleep on me, I laid him back in bed and went back in to my bed and he woke up again literally as I lay down and went back to the stair gate on his door screaming for me. I went back in again and laid down with him until he fell asleep, went back to my bed and 5 minutes later he woke up noticed I wasn't there and the screaming started again. I tried leaving him for five minutes to see if he'd go, as he was so tired, but he was getting more and more wound up. We went round and round until 3am with this pattern until I gave up and slept on his bedroom floor. I'm really panicky today that all his good sleep will be out the window now I've done that. I'm not willing to keep doing it as I slept terribly and ache loads though. I'm just not prepared for this as he's always been so good. I'm hoping it's a weird one off but I'm worried I've set a precedent now that I will be there all night. What can I do?

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MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 17/09/2021 08:33

It was probably just a bad dream and he got scared,doesn't mean every night will be the same. Or he could be going down with something so keep an eye on him today.

HoneyPea · 17/09/2021 08:50

I wouldn't worry too much, like Mrs P said it was probably a bad dream or the start of an illness. If he still has a nap I would make sure you don't go in with him but let him fall asleep himself today.
I lay in bed with my poorly 27month old (and fell asleep for about an hour) the other night and then the next night he woke up repeatedly throughout the night shouting for Mummy to snuggle bed with J. DH went to settle him instead and by the next night he was back to normal.
I normally find we only have disrupted nights when he is unwell (really snotty cold at the moment!) Hopefully yours was just woken up by and noise and wanted mummy!

RoseGoldGlasses · 17/09/2021 08:55

Yep I agree sounds like a bad dream!
You can give him something that smells of you which may help, t shirt etc.

clouds56 · 17/09/2021 08:56

It sounds like he had a bad dream? My LG (also a good sleeper) started having them around 2 and after talking to her (I realise it can be hard to communicate dreams to a 2 year old) she said something about a tiger being in her room. We used to read tiger that came for tea before bed so I figured it was related and we stopped reading any books about tigers and I tried to explain it was a dream and not real. She also had a night light that helped. It didn't happen every night though so try not to worry although I know it's easy to do when you've had such a shit night sleep!

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