Screaming before going to sleep at night?

[alioops]

Sarah has tantied every night since we put her in a cot. the cry she does is screaming, but is sounds different to her emotional cry. if you can handle leaving him in the cot for 15 minutes then going in you might find that he is trying to settle himself and that is the only way he knows how. she has started to settle easier since putting her on a mattress on the floor.

[kajolo]

Thanks ladies,

At the moment Lochie is sharing a room with his older brother JD so i am not sure about putting a matress on the floor, although i did do this when i transitioned JD from a cot to his bed at 13 months.

I will update later tonight or tomorrow or make that when ever i get time
But i can only hope tha he will go to sleep a little more easier each night, i can not leave any of my children to cry, i just do not have it in me.

Not to mention that he would wake the older two up then i would have three screaming children and still only one pair of hands

Thanks heaps for all your advice, it is all appreciated !!!!

[Amie]

Hi Kajolo,

Sometimes babies just need to have a good old cry to "get it out", so to speak. At that age it really is their only way of expressing how they feel about their day and/or releasing any pent-up emotions in order to be able to then wind down and go to sleep.

I know that doesn't help you much, but hopefully it's just a phase. Has anything changed recently (ie. sleeping arrangements, family changes, etc)? Sometimes it's an adjustment period...

HTH xo

[kajolo]

Just thought i would post a bit of a update on how things are going with Lochlan.
Last night he slept from 11-9:30am in his cot undisturbed all night.
I took him to another doctor on Wednesday and he has Tonsilitis
So that could be explaining some of his screaming.

So far out of the last three nights he has only ended up in my bed once and that was wednesday night from 4 am onwards.

So things are looking up here and going good.

The whole me getting him to sleep is still a bit of a issue and i was thinking of starting self settling soon but i cant handle any of my children crying, not as in i can handle it but as in a can not leave them to cry IYKWIM.