Shaking when tired?

[physmom]

DD wakes up A LOT during nap (she's currently napping and has already woken up 4 or 5 times, I don't remember exactly). Anyways, I've noticed recently that she wakes up shaking. Today her poor little hand was shaking like crazy.

I know during these times she's not ready to get up yet and she always nurses back down to sleep but should I be concerned about her shaking when she wakes up?

[physmom]

[crunchy_mommy]

I don't know... my DS has done this since birth but it's never been something that concerns me. When he was just a few days old, still in the hospital, they tested his blood sugar a few times because of the shaking (it was always fine, for my DS I think it's more of a stress thing, if he wakes up & gets scared etc.) Does she cry when she's shaking? (My DS does)... Does she seem disoriented or lethargic? (DS doesn't, and if he did I would be a little concerned).

[physmom]

Originally Posted by crunchy_mommy

I don't know... my DS has done this since birth but it's never been something that concerns me. When he was just a few days old, still in the hospital, they tested his blood sugar a few times because of the shaking (it was always fine, for my DS I think it's more of a stress thing, if he wakes up & gets scared etc.) Does she cry when she's shaking? (My DS does)... Does she seem disoriented or lethargic? (DS doesn't, and if he did I would be a little concerned).

Yes, she normally acts very scared and disorientated. I think she has a lot of fears and tends to have nightmares often (especially when teething). Sometimes, it's hard to calm her down enough to get her back to sleep..

[crunchy_mommy]

Yup that sounds exactly like my DS! I guess the "disoriented" part could go either way... he knows who I am etc. but he doesn't seem quite right, but not in a medical-issue type of way, if that makes sense! I know *I* actually have the same problem myself. I don't nap usually, but on the rare occasions that I do I wake up very confused, heart pounding, shaky, etc. It's a horrible feeling but I think it's pretty harmless... DS does take a while to recover from it, last evening in fact he cried for a good 2 hours after waking up scared & shaking from his nap. (Of course he wasn't crying that whole time but he never truly calmed down, you know?)