DCG is 8 months old on the 16th. She is usually the happiest baby around, but lately she's been weird.
She has been here since she was 6 weeks old, and has always been a great sleeper. She's slept through the night from 7 or 8 weeks, put her to bed, go to sleep. I've had to wake her at 3:30 at times because she LOVED sleeping so much.
She started trying to crawl about 6 weeks ago, and during this time, she'd frequently wake at nap and at home at night, sometimes several times at night, and we'd find her on her hands and knees rocking and crying.
She's now really crawling, but she still does this almost every day 30-45 minutes into nap, and randomly (not every night) at night. Sometimes, she is inconsolable. She uses a pacifier, but often will not take it during these times. Sometimes I'm not even sure she knows we're there. She just screams, snots, tears, writhes around.
I've tried getting her up (which I don't want to do, but was experimenting). When I have, she grouches and fusses for the rest of the afternoon, and I end up having to give her another nap before mom comes at 5:15. So, that is a pain for me (one baby awake in a sleeping house) and obviously doesn't help her.
I was thinking night terrors (the writhing, screaming, and lack of awareness fit), but then other times, she does seem aware.
She always goes back to sleep. Sometimes these episodes last 5 minutes, sometimes 30. I do go in a try to gently settle her, but it doesn't seem to matter.
Has anyone experienced this?
With my own, I would have said "ear infection" right away, but she shows no other symptoms, and she's never had one.
She has been here since she was 6 weeks old, and has always been a great sleeper. She's slept through the night from 7 or 8 weeks, put her to bed, go to sleep. I've had to wake her at 3:30 at times because she LOVED sleeping so much.
She started trying to crawl about 6 weeks ago, and during this time, she'd frequently wake at nap and at home at night, sometimes several times at night, and we'd find her on her hands and knees rocking and crying.
She's now really crawling, but she still does this almost every day 30-45 minutes into nap, and randomly (not every night) at night. Sometimes, she is inconsolable. She uses a pacifier, but often will not take it during these times. Sometimes I'm not even sure she knows we're there. She just screams, snots, tears, writhes around.
I've tried getting her up (which I don't want to do, but was experimenting). When I have, she grouches and fusses for the rest of the afternoon, and I end up having to give her another nap before mom comes at 5:15. So, that is a pain for me (one baby awake in a sleeping house) and obviously doesn't help her.
I was thinking night terrors (the writhing, screaming, and lack of awareness fit), but then other times, she does seem aware.
She always goes back to sleep. Sometimes these episodes last 5 minutes, sometimes 30. I do go in a try to gently settle her, but it doesn't seem to matter.
Has anyone experienced this?
With my own, I would have said "ear infection" right away, but she shows no other symptoms, and she's never had one.
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