Ok...I will answer the questions first and then give you my scenerio....
How old is your child? 8 and 1/2 ms
What’s his/her daily routine?
6:30/7 up/change/little bit of play
7:30 breakfast ~ cereal and fruit and 8 oz bottle/play
9:30/10 nap...anywhere from 1 and 1/2 to 2 hours
11:30/12 up/change/lunch (cereal and veggies and 8 oz bottle)/play
2:30/3 nap...again anywhere form 1 and 1/2 to 2 hours
4:30/5 up/change/dinner(cereal and veggies and 8 oz bottle)/play
7 bedtime routine : bath/swaddle and cuddle/bottle/kisses and tucked into bed by7:30~7:45
What’s nap routine? 2 per day...goes down no problem...she is swaddled and goes to her crib awake adn puts herself to sleep. She has done this since aobut 3 months. We have always ahd a fan running in her room for white noise since the day we brought her home.
How long are naps? 1 and 1/2 to 2 hours
What's bedtime routine? bath/swaddle and cuddle/bottle/kisses and tucked into bed by7:30~7:45 Time? we start at 7 pm
Do you bottle or breastfed?? BF until 5 months...now bottle fed
How much? or how long? 4 bottles/day...8 ozs each
How many wakes per night? up until about 2 weeks ago there have been none since she was about 6 and 1/2 months now she will wake anywhere from 2 to 3 times to 8 or 9 times
What’s your LO like when waking at night? She wakes crying and sometimes she is crying and doesn't even wake. I have caught her dreaming and making"dreaming noises" and then waking upset. She can be anywhere from mildy upset to full out screaming. How long is he/she up? once I touch her our hold her she is immediately calm
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? yes
Or is it a mantra cry? sometimes it is this and I just ler her work through it. I try not to rush in right away.
What have you tried to settle?? ssshh and pat works well with her. When it doesn't it, I pick her up and then put her back down once she is calm. usually only takes me a few minutes and she is back out, but won't stay out for very long...maybe an hour.
Are there developmental issues such as teething or milestones? She has just gone through crawling, pulling up, cruising in the last bit. She also had a nasty fall where we ended up in emerg.
Do they have a prop? No...she will not take a soother...sucks the side of her hand through her blanket
Do they have a lovie? her blanket...she is swaddled in it
ok...while trying to write this post I had to run up to her as she woke...or so I thought and was crying. She was not awake but definately dreaming and very upset. Each time I would pat her a bit she would sort of settle but as soon as I moved away she would cry out again. Then, the patting wasn't enough and she continued to be upset as I patted and she was moving around in her sleep....kicking her legs a bit, jerking her body a bit and making dreaming noises. I ended up picking her up and sort of waking her a bit and shushing in her ear and patting her bum a bit and then laid her back down. She fuss only for a moment...not even 5 secs and passed back out. She will probably stay out for maybe and hour if I am lucky and then she will do it again.
After about 2 weeks of this I am absolutley exhausted. I know that it could be separation anxiety as well as a developmental thing, but it has definately gotten worse. Is this night terrors??? What can I do? Should I be waking her? I tried to find the search button to search the boards for others who have been through this but I can't seem to find a search field anywhere??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
angie