My daughter is sleep crying!!

mrsnow101

Morning all,

My 7 month old daughter has developed a habit of crying/yelling very loudly in her sleep each night. It starts around 4am, and will generally continue until she wakes up at around 7am. When the noise starts, I usually go into her room and pop her dummy back into her mouth, which sooths her, and quietens her down for 30 minutes or so. My partner thinks we should just try & ignore it - and that if we keep going to her, she will come to expect it - which I agree with to a point. However, we live in a flat - and sound tends to carry a lot further when it dark... I can often hear a child on the ground floor (we are on the third - top - floor), so others will easily be awoken by our childs noise. As far as I am concerned, trying to ignore her is very inconsiderate of the neighbours - and isn't an option. I have started sleeping on the floor next to the babies bed - putting the dummy back in as and when. But I cant really continue doing this as its really tiring me out - especially as I start work around 8am each day.

She has always slept well - right through the night, and we have been really lucky in that respect. The sleep crying has been going on for the last 2/3 weeks - and is starting to take its toll!!

Anyone have any suggestions?? Is it worth trying to wake her & cuddle her at all??

Counting_Pennies_2

I would say she has got into a pattern and you will need to break it, and sleeping on the floor with a dummy routine is just going to be yet another habit to have to break.

I would highly recommend getting The Baby Whisperer's sleep book.

http://www.johnlewis.com/230670869/Product.aspx?source=14798

You can also get it from Amazon, but this was the first link I got when I googled it.

Baby Whisperer is very good at sleep problems.

hth

nikki2804

My LO does/did this. It started when he was about 3 months old and seemed to coincide with his teething pain.

I used to go in and give him his dummy but now I leave it 5 minutes. If he is still crying after this time I go in and give him his dummy and tuck him in but more often that not it stops.

Is your LO maybe teething? Maybe try some teething gel on the gums just before bedtime. And try leaving them for a little bit before going in.

My LO is now 8 months and this only occasionally happens now. They do grow out of it.

ETA: I asked my neighbours if they could hear the crying and they told me no. TBH one neighbour has a dog who barks at all times and the other likes to have his TV up loud. It doesn't bother me as all I can hear is minimal.

claireac

My dd is 3 and she shouts out in her sleep, and has done so since she was about 6 months old.

I think it's to do with the fact that they're at the age when they can have dreams. As I understand it, their brains process and learn things that have happened during the day, so she's reacting to what she's dreaming.

I'd try not to do the dummy thing unless you have to. Leave her for a few nights and see what happens, and then if you're still concerned about the noise why not try just tucking her in so that she's slightly disturbed?