screaming at night

[kricha2010]

I don't want this to get lost in spam.
DD has had a few moments during the day over the past week or so when she is crying very suddenly it turns into this panic. Her whole body tenses, her eyes get wide and she does this cry that starts with a big eh, eh, eh, eh and them a scream. It's like she's panicking and can't catch her breath.
So last night she went down normal at 9 and very suddenly out of nowhere at 1245 she did the panic cry. It was a lot more high pitch and screamy. I went in and nursed her and put her down just fine again. She then woke 2 more times the same way. I moved her to our room and she did it again. I finally put her in bed with me and she's still asleep this morning.
Have Any of you experienced anything like this? It was So scary to be woken like that. And she's perfectly fine when i get Her calmed down. I have a call into the doctor just to see what they say. Ugh. It was a rough night.

[greenpony33]

My LO has done that before during naps. Woken up with a blood curdling scream, but then was totally fine and easily consolable. I was thinking a gas pain or something, I didn't really think much about it because he can be easily consoled, but maybe I should worry? but it sure is scary, and I'm sure it is more scary when you were in a dead sleep too.

[mishka29]

I usually chalk this up to gas pain especially if they settle pretty quickly.

[michelle142]

Sounds like gas pains to me. They sneak up on the little ones and the sudden pain scares them.

[aggiebug]

Poor kid. I concur is sounds like gas pains.

[kricha2010]

Jeez. Kinda sucks. There's not much i can do about that. We've been doing had drops. But i did have something a little spicy for dinner so you never know.

[PikoPiko]

Yeah, those darn gas pains... DS went thru a patch like that too. Super scary to hear that sort of screaming MOTN, hope this passes soon.

[firelizard8367]

When ours has done that it's seemed more temp related, i.e. too hot or cold.

[seamonster]

Sounds like gas pains. LO will sometimes do it when he's fallen asleep after eating and didn't burp or fart. And in the middle of the night.

[kerrigrooves]

Same here, sudden screaming for us = gas pain

[kricha2010]

The thing i find most odd is that it never happens when she's sleeping in bed with me. It's happening less now. Last night she didn't do it at all. I'm hoping that we're rounding a corner. And i absolutely think the chiropractor has helped us leaps and bounds.