Post by carli on Sept 1, 2015 0:48:05 GMT -5
The past 2 nights DD has woken up in the middle of the night inconsolable. Normally when she wakes up, I go in, and she lies back down and goes to sleep within 5 minutes. The past 2 nights though she freaks out when I enter the room. She's already crying but when I come in she starts screaming and basically wants nothing to do with me.
This is kind of how she acts when DH normally goes bc she wants me but its so much worse now and totally directed at me. Any thoughts on what this is stemming from? Bad dreams? New teeth? The baby? During the day, she's completely fine and just like always. It's bothering me bc if I try to console her she screams and throws herself down but if I leave the room she freaks too.
What would be your first step in this situation? Send in DH, the parent that she normally kicks off for? Don't go in at all? It's hard to just ignore or even punish bc while during the day the behavior isn't something I would tolerate, in the middle of the night it's completely unprovoked and kind of scary/sad. I'm at a loss.
This is kind of how she acts when DH normally goes bc she wants me but its so much worse now and totally directed at me. Any thoughts on what this is stemming from? Bad dreams? New teeth? The baby? During the day, she's completely fine and just like always. It's bothering me bc if I try to console her she screams and throws herself down but if I leave the room she freaks too.
What would be your first step in this situation? Send in DH, the parent that she normally kicks off for? Don't go in at all? It's hard to just ignore or even punish bc while during the day the behavior isn't something I would tolerate, in the middle of the night it's completely unprovoked and kind of scary/sad. I'm at a loss.
