Sleepless Nights - Upland,CA

Updated on August 21, 2007
J.A. asks from Upland, CA
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My son's share a bedroom. They both sleep through the night well until my One year old recently stared to wake up at 3a.m. crying furiously!!! Nothing has changed. He was a great sleeper who never woke up even as a baby! I am so confused. We have the same routine. He is fed, changed, I even put soft music and he has a favorite blanket. For the past week and a half he has been waking up screaming and won't let me leave the room. I don't want him to wake up my other son so I take him out of the crib and he goes in and out of sleep. He continuse to wake up around the same time 3a.m -5a.m. We are leaving on our vacation next week and don't know if it will get worse! Should I take him to his pediatrician or does anyone have any ideas? He is not ill and I am really frusturated with this new pattern. Help please :)

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Wow! Thanks for all the advice! I ended up taking my son to his pediatrician to discover that a previous ear infection did not clear and was coming back! Mother's insticts. I knew that he was not acting like himself. He was given antibiotics and he was back to normal in a matter of days. He does use a pacifier and I made sure he took all his medicine and did his follow up also. Now we are all back to our normall schedules.

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A.A.

answers from Los Angeles on

Hi J., I had the same problem with my 2 kids, except mine was the older one, apparently (mine) was having a nightmare and since he could not tell me, his way was to scream. I finally used a night light, I know they should get used to the dark, but I am a mom who's husband works nights and to get some sleep as it is with out hearing noises, it is difficult. I bought him at target an old fashion oil lamp, in the boys decor section, and instead of placing a big bulb I placed a night little one in there the light isn't so bright it distrubs his eyes, but enough to give him peace, I am not super religious, but I did tell him about the angels and that the angels watch him. You'd be suprised at what a one yr. old can understand. show him pics.
well hope it helps and if it continues you might just want to take him to the dr. just to make sure there is nothing wrong with his digestive system.

Good luck
angie

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S.H.

answers from Honolulu on

At each age phase of development, they go through changes in sleep patterns. Just think, even as adults, we don't always sleep the same way either, or have times we can't sleep. Babies and children too. Sleep patterns are not static. Children go through growth spurts, developmental changes etc. and all this affects things. At 1 years old... maybe it's "night terrors"... I strongly suggest to research this on the web. It's a NORMAL phase they go through... they will seem inconsolable and wake up startled and sometimes screaming and seem scared etc. and sometimes their R.E.M. stages of sleep gets interrupted etc. Also, it can be a combination of things... where at certain stages they go through separation anxiety.. and even when sleeping and wake up, they want to 'see' you and know where you are etc. If nothing else in his life is different or changed or he has no other stress or problems in his or his family life or routines... and no medical problems... then consider looking up "night terrors." It sounds worse than it is. So don't worry. If you are still concerned, just ask your Pediatrician. Hope this helps.
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S.N.

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Hi J., Does your baby use a pacifier? The reason I ask, is because, my daughter has been doing the same thing. She sleeps with a pacifier though. It turned out the reason why she was waking up screaming and crying is because she couldn't find her pacifier. I decided to put 3 in her crib everynight so if she looses one, there would be another one close by. It has worked wonders. S.

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D.C.

answers from Los Angeles on

Good Morning J.!
From what I have heard, it is very common at a year. I have a 16 month old and a niece that is 20 months. Both of them, as soon as they hit 1year, they would wake up about that same time. It only lasted a short while. They maybe needed to make sure the routine would continue, I dont know. But I know my son now sleeps through the night and so does my niece. I guess just be patient and consistent and it will get better.
Hang in there!

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L.M.

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Honestly, it sounds like your son has worms. They come out late night/early morning to lay their eggs around the anus, and usually cause children to wake crying. I had this happen to my 2 1/2 year old recently and it was horrifying. I thought she had night terrors and so I took her into her doctor. It was then that I learned how simple it was for child to get worms, what the signs were and how easy it is to treat and get rid of them(2 pills and they poop it all out). Until then I thought only animals like dogs, got worms.
FYI- children cannot get worms from animals and it doesn't matter how clean you keep your home. If they interact with other children chances are they will get worms, my pedi compared it to head lice in school age children in reference to how easily it can be spread.
Go see your doctor before going on vacation, and make sure to treat the hole family just in case.

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