Hi
My beloved 7.5 month DS has great night sleep now we are officially 'propless'
(since weaning paci and swaddle and alot of hard BW work-spirited) and has been sleeping through 11 hours for about 2 months -its bliss. Normally these days if he wakes in the night he either plays for a bit and goes back to sleep or may do a brief 'sleepy' cry and resettle himself.
Anyway the last few nights he has had a strange pattern. He has woken once or even 3-4 times in the evening part of the night and not resettled himself. Last night he woke at midnight suddenly with a really loud scared sounding cry that made me and DH run to his room, I also wondered if he was in pain but he settles within a few moments of either repositioning him or a very quick shh/pat.
I'm wondering if he could be having bad dreams at this age or could it be SA manifesting at night? The scared kind of cry we've never heard before. In the day he's a little bit more whiny when we leave the room on and off.
Could SA cause problems in their light sleep cycle when they would normally happily resettle, they panic that you're not there?is that how it works? i ust thought SA would cause problems GOING to sleep, not causing wakings.
tia
Caroline
