Guest guest Posted October 23, 2001 Report Share Posted October 23, 2001 DS is crying in the night again (don't think it's got to do with his spots or cold). I've got him to sleep through the night quite a few times and it will last for a few weeks, but the last 2 weeks he has been waking up at about 3.30, and then every 1/4-1/2 hour after that. I do as little as possible to settle him (if he sees me he thinks it's morning and wants to play), so I just stroke him in the dark. But I can't work out why he wakes up in the first place - he'll suddenly scream - so it sounds like pain to me. Are teething pains like this - I thought that would be more of a dull, continuous pain? Or has he got ear ache? I am dreading to bring him into the surgery, because they just don't know how to assess baby ears (they missed DD's glue ear for a year, and according to my doctor mum you really need to be a bit of a specialist to look in baby ears anyway). I'm now a zoombie... and I am really terrified of what will happen in January when I am going to stay at home with them. I'll be a wreck if he keeps being as bad a sleeper as he is now... (At the moment I survive on a snooze between 8 and 9 in the morning - nanny comes in at 8, and I go in late to work). Help! Everyone says be hard on him, but what more can I do? He doesn't get rewarded with milk or attention for waking up, just a simple stroking to calm him down when he's suddenly screaming hysterically. Should I leave him to cry it out himself (heartbreaking), or is he in pain I wonder. DD was always so much easier than this... Karina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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