Crying in his sleep at night

[prama]

hi,

DS has been crying in his sleep for the last 2 mths.
I dont know why. he's been on solids now and has his dinner and milk then goes to bed, so he's not hungry.
i pat him and that soothes him, and when i stop he starts again. sometimes he just goes back to sleep.
i used to pick him up and feed him, then just pick him up. both calm him and then he goes back to sleep but then he cries again in a couple of hours.
dr. said to use controlled crying but it breaks my heart to see him cry in his sleep and tears rolling down.

I dont know if it's wanting attention, development phase or teething...
he's 6 and half mths.
he's good during the day....

please help.. he's gone from sleeping from 10pm to 7am to hardly sleeping at all. i dont understand why he's crying in his sleep.

[Marlene]

I really don't have any advice, prama, as I am going through the same sort of thing with my little man waking more often through the night than he has been. You sound like you are doing all the right things, cuddles and comfort. I really don't think you need to go down the road of CC, it will only make him distressed and harder to get to sleep and break your heart. I think its is just something that babies go through sometimes and we just have to remember that they are babies for such a short time and "this too shall pass". I have been getting really tired and stressed but am just trying to keep positive and hopefully he will start to sleep longer again soon, I hope your little one does too.

ETA: At your little mans age he could be teething, maybe try a little teething gel and/or panadol and see if that helps things a bit. It relly won't hurt just to try.

[prama]

thanks marlene...
it's hard isn't it.
he just cries in his sleep, and tears roll down. he doesnt even wake up.
i hoep things sort out for the both of us, and our bubs sleep.

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Awww Prama, hunn you're not alone, Alexander does it too sometimes. I associate his with teething, but that mihght be because a new tooth cut today and he's been doing it for a week. It's so sad because they're so miserable

I find trying to soothe makes him worse and wakes him up more, so I tend to try and leave him now... its not CC because he's not awake? I don't know, it's so painful to hear and watch but even he doesn't know what's going on.

Oh my goodness me the new picture of Lakshman is absolutely gorgeous!

[Laranna]

Prama, my DS has been doing this too. He sobs and sobs and doesn't even wake up. The first time he did it, it scared the cr*p out of me. I thought he was having trouble breathing so I picked him which woke him up completely. Now I just let him be and keep an eye on him and stroke him. It's awful to see him cry.

[Ezz]

I don't have advice for you, but I do have some reassurance...

All the bubs from my Mums group have started to do the same thing.

My own DS started to sleep poorly around 4/5 months - but he is coming out the other side of it now (at 8 months) & is sleeping really well. I wonder if it's just a phase that they all go through?