My daughter is 4 months, about a month or so ago she finally stopped getting up to eat in the middle of the night but now she is starting to get restless. Its been going on for a couple of weeks and is just getting worse. She started just waking up maybe once around 2 or so and I would put her binky in her mouth and pat her and she was fine. But now she's getting up several times, she seems like she can't get comfortable no matter what. She grunts and kicks and tosses her body and I'm not sure what to do for her. If I pick her up and rock her or bounce her she seems fine, but as soon as I put her down she starts to do the same thing. Any suggestions?

Hello Mandy,

It drives you a bit crazy, eh? My daughter, Harrison went through that and I was going nuts and felt exhausted all the time. My sister read up on it for me and suggested that I put a shirt that I had worn that day (just make sure its breathable and not a strangulation hazard) in the crib so my daughter could have my scent with her to comfort her. Works like a charm for me. I swap the shirt out every few days. It might be a bit of separation anxiety.

Good luck and let me know how you make out.

Sincerely

DF

My daughter is getting to be the same way and she is 13months old she wakes up crying but it is a really werid cry we have never heard before and she lays there and cries  and she will set in the corner of her crib in cry idk what is going on she woke up 4 times last night. I think she might be having bad dreams but not sure we have never heard cry even her dad thought it was a werid cry. I go in an give her binky tell her i love her and to go back to sleep that normally works but last night she keep getting up. I tried to let her cry it out but the crying just got worse so i went and comforted her and she fell back asleep for another hour and upp agian. Fun Fun!! LOl!!

Children even babies can have nightmares, actually technically under 2 there called night terrors. My duaghter has gotten then since birth. Try to see if there are triggers that set it off.

When my duaghter is overly tired when she goes to bed for the night i've found we have a pattern of the night terrors. The need for extra attention from me at night.

I honestly believe their world is constantly chaning and is can be scary. I just comfort my daughter and reasure her everytime and she's fine in the morning. Her doc said just to keep reasurring her and responding to her cries so she knows she's not alone.