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<p>DS does really well at night for the most part. He falls asleep on his own, in his own bed. Then, if (usually when) he wakes up he comes in with me. I do not have a problem with this at all. What I do have a problem with is that when he wakes up he either screams and/or cries in an uncontrollable manner. He makes himself super upset and ends up keeping us both up much longer than needed.</p>
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<p>I've tried everything I can think of to figure out why he's crying and to comfort him. He doesn't want to be comforted. Apparently he wants to hang out in my bed and scream his head off. *sigh*</p>
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<p>The best luck I've had is along the lines of, "This is not the way we act when we come into someone else's bed. If you want to sleep with me then you need to calm down. If you can't do that, you need to go back to your bed."</p>
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Repeat about 5 times and he stops. If I try to comfort him or keep asking what is wrong, what can I do, etc it just gets worse and very drawn out.</p>
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<p>I've tried discussing it at different times during the day but have gotten nowhere.</p>
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<p>Any thoughts? This has been going on for about 3 months. Prior to that he'd wake up crying but calm down immediately when I picked him up and brought him in with me. Now nothing seems to work and I have no idea what the deal is.</p>
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<p>I've tried everything I can think of to figure out why he's crying and to comfort him. He doesn't want to be comforted. Apparently he wants to hang out in my bed and scream his head off. *sigh*</p>
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<p>The best luck I've had is along the lines of, "This is not the way we act when we come into someone else's bed. If you want to sleep with me then you need to calm down. If you can't do that, you need to go back to your bed."</p>
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Repeat about 5 times and he stops. If I try to comfort him or keep asking what is wrong, what can I do, etc it just gets worse and very drawn out.</p>
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<p>I've tried discussing it at different times during the day but have gotten nowhere.</p>
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<p>Any thoughts? This has been going on for about 3 months. Prior to that he'd wake up crying but calm down immediately when I picked him up and brought him in with me. Now nothing seems to work and I have no idea what the deal is.</p>