Night Terror or Teething?

[Bertana]

Is my DD having night terrors? If so, does anyone have any suggestions on what to do?

We start bedtime for our 19 mo old DD in her crib, then when she wakes up 3-4 hrs later we bring her to our bed (I guess you could say we're part time co-sleepers?)

The last 3-4 days she's been waking up upset, and not able to fall back asleep until about 2 hrs afterwards.

For example last night she woke up around 1:30am, when I went to pick her up she didn't want to leave her crib. I rocked her until she was calm and cuddly, then took her to my bed. She became very upset about being put on hour bed (even with me holding her), crying and tossing like crazy. So my DH took her downstairs to the sofa, watched some soothing videos (Classical Baby) and after about 2hrs she finally fell asleep. Its heartbreaking to hear her crying so inconsolably, plus its exhausting as well.

She's not BF, I've tried offering her a milk bottle but she rejects it. Though she'll take some of my cracker snacks & water if I have any when its my turn to take her to the sofa

Then again, she might be teething her molars (she's got only 4 so far)..??

Anyone else's child going through this?
-Ana

[Tinkerszs]

Same exact thing here. I think ours is teething.

[mom2owen1]

Same thing here too. In fact lying down was so painful for ds we slept sitting on the couch last night :( and for naps today too. He is in the bed now though, so we will see.

He is almost 17 months and working on his 2 year molars. he let me in his mouth long enough to feel one jsut under the surface. I have read that 2 come in around 18 months and the other two around 24 months.

You could try some teething tablets for pain relief to see if it would help.

But....we have also had nights where he seems to just be caught in a dream and inconsolable. On these occasions I find that asking him if he wants to nurse (multiple times until he answers me) is the quickest way to calm him down. It usually takes 3-4 times of asking.

Hopefully it will be over soon!

Kris
Owen, 16 months
edd 10/14

[chel]

This is what dd's night terrors were like. dd would get night terrors after she would wake-up alone after falling asleep early (normally we would all go to bed together and it would never happen) she would be very dream like, not responding to anything, crying a very sad/scared cry grabbing at the air. Dh would be yelling at me:irked: to just nurse her but she wouldn't latch only after 15-30 minutes she would latch and fall right asleep.

[wombatclay]

Night terrors are pretty common in my family (I had them, my brother had them, many of my rerlatives had and still have them) and it looks like my dd has joined the group. She started having classic night terrors when she was about 9.5 months old.

You can learn a lot about night terrors at http://www.nightterrors.org/ (including the difference between night terrors and nightmares). They do run in families and are related to sleep walking/talking in your sleep. I've found that helping dd wake up by turning up the lights a little and speaking soothingly helps a bit, and Hyland's calm forte 4 kids helps some of the time.

I hope your dc feels better soon and that all of you can get a little more sleep!