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6-month old daughter cries hard in her sleep
Any assistance with the above problem would be appreciated. We are
stumped. My 6-month old daughter has begun doing the following: about 50 minutes after she goes to sleep at night (usually about 11:30), she lifts up her head (usually) and begins to cry, starting out medium loud and getting progressively louder and more pitiful over the next couple of minutes. We don't think she is actually awake--her eyes are closed and she doesn't respond to anything. She is either asleep or in some weird in-between state. If we pick her up, it doesn't make any difference. She continues crying hard and isn't consoled. After about 8-12 minutes of this, she subsides and goes back to quiet sleep. Sometimes it happens again an hour later, and sometimes even another hour after that. Usually these later episodes are not quite so long-lasting and disturbing. Sometimes the first episode doesn't even start until around 5am. Sometimes nothing happens the entire night, although this is becoming very rare. The crying she does during these episodes is the worst sort--not like her daily crying when she is irritated or tired-out. It is like the kind when she gets hurt or scared, which is very unusual. In general, she is a happy baby that doesn't cry much. She sleeps with my wife and I and these episodes are very disturbing and anxiety-evoking. We don't know what to do, or whether to intervene and pick her up or not. When we do, we are not sure that it helped. What should we do? Regards, Paul J. |
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6-month old daughter cries hard in her sleep
"Paul Johnson" wrote in message
m... Any assistance with the above problem would be appreciated. We are stumped. My 6-month old daughter has begun doing the following: about 50 minutes after she goes to sleep at night (usually about 11:30), she lifts up her head (usually) and begins to cry, starting out medium loud and getting progressively louder and more pitiful over the next couple of minutes. We don't think she is actually awake--her eyes are closed and she doesn't respond to anything. She is either asleep or in some weird in-between state. If we pick her up, it doesn't make any difference. She continues crying hard and isn't consoled. After about 8-12 minutes of this, she subsides and goes back to quiet sleep. Sometimes it happens again an hour later, and sometimes even another hour after that. Usually these later episodes are not quite so long-lasting and disturbing. Sometimes the first episode doesn't even start until around 5am. Sometimes nothing happens the entire night, although this is becoming very rare. The crying she does during these episodes is the worst sort--not like her daily crying when she is irritated or tired-out. It is like the kind when she gets hurt or scared, which is very unusual. In general, she is a happy baby that doesn't cry much. She sleeps with my wife and I and these episodes are very disturbing and anxiety-evoking. We don't know what to do, or whether to intervene and pick her up or not. When we do, we are not sure that it helped. What should we do? It sounds like classic "sleep terrors" or "night terrors," although your daughter is younger than the average age (3-4 years) at which these usually first appear. You might want to do a Google search using the above terms for more information. Here are a few sites to get you started: http://www.nightterrors.org/ (This site does state that sleep terrors c an begin as early as 6 months.) http://www.drhull.com/EncyMaster/N/night_terrors.html http://www.sleeping-tips.com/sleep-terrors.htm (lots of links to sites that discuss sleep terrors) Good luck! |
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