Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Terrible nights

Please let the nighttime screaming stop.

First it was night terrors, inconsolable, incoherent bursts of screaming and thrashing that lasted about 1-5 minutes and then she would fall right back asleep.

Those finally went away and then it was the water bottle.  I need more water. Screaming because the bottle leaked all over the bed and now she's wet and cold.  Then we took the water bottle away because it was causing so many problems and she spent several weeks screaming to have it back.  We replaced it with water in a cup with a straw, that we had to give to her every time she cried for water.  we hoped the lack of bottle spilling and removing the temptation to use it for sucking tendencies would make the water issue go away.  It got a little better, though she still routinely woke at 11 and 4 for water.

Then it was I don't like my bed.  I want to sleep with mommy/daddy. We had a mattress on the floor in her room because of all the 11&4 wake ups, it was just easier for us to sleep in there and give her water.  So we introduced the big girl bed.  She was so excited. She slept through the night for 2 nights in a row.  She could get her own water.  She could sleep on the floor if she wanted to.  She loved it

Then it was back to the water issue, despite being able to get it herself she would still scream for it.

And now she doesn't like the big girl bed, she still screams for water and if she happens to pee in her pull-up she has a nuclear melt down.

I don't think I've had more than 3 uninterrupted nights of sleep since before she was born.

Please let the nighttime screaming stop, preferably before October.

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