https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:41:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/35-month-old-woke-up-shrieking-wwyd#post-1073936 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 09:54:13 +0000 Mrs. Lovejoy 1073936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: I hope it's just the newness! I'm going to cling to that even if it ends up not being true :) I was thinking her tummy could be upset too, but couldn't figure out what would have caused it and agree, she seemed too old to start those issues now. Who knows though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/35-month-old-woke-up-shrieking-wwyd#post-1073929 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 09:51:47 +0000 edelweiss 1073929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lovejoy: it might be that the first time they teethe, the newness of it is especially difficult because they don't know what's going on. later teething can still be painful but not as disturbing. i could be totally wrong though. i have this TMI analogy that i will share, and i apologize in advance: the first time LO's poop changed from runny to solid, he freaked out while pooping and cried. it felt different and strange. now he's a pro pooper. we are so proud.</p> <p>one other thought--does she have any issues with gas? when LO was about 4 weeks old he would wake up screaming and we're pretty sure it was gas. your LO is older and probably doesn't have gas problems, but just throwing it out there.</p> <p>whatever it is, sounds like you did the right thing in calming her down and giving her some tylenol in case she was in pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/35-month-old-woke-up-shrieking-wwyd#post-1073918 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 09:48:10 +0000 Mrs. Lovejoy 1073918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: That's ok! It just feels better that this could just be "OK" and normal every once in a while. I hope she doesn't do it too often! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/35-month-old-woke-up-shrieking-wwyd#post-1073911 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 09:46:48 +0000 birdofafeather 1073911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our DD did this a couple times several weeks apart. Nothing was wrong but she was just having a hard time. We just walked outside, held her, etc until she passed out. Sorry! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/35-month-old-woke-up-shrieking-wwyd#post-1073903 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 09:45:19 +0000 Mrs. Lovejoy 1073903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beehive: I'm shedding like crazy so I thought it could be a hair too! I couldn't find one though... : ( </p> <p>@edelweiss: Could teething really cause them to be inconsolable? This scares me because don't they teeth A LOT their first year? Not going to lie, she's kind of a pansy with pain. Even if I accidentally scratch her (and I mean tiny) she freaks out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/35-month-old-woke-up-shrieking-wwyd#post-1073899 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 09:43:31 +0000 edelweiss 1073899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm guessing teething, since she was refusing everything else. poor thing (and you)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/35-month-old-woke-up-shrieking-wwyd#post-1073896 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 09:42:41 +0000 Beehive 1073896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate when that happens! LO did that once (I think he was 8 months old), and we couldn't figure out what was wrong, so we took off his PJs to see if there was any hair caught around a finger or a toe or anything, and it turned out that his little toe was caught outside the footie part of the PJ, and was hurting him. I felt so bad! Really glad we found it though. He was fine after we redid his PJs and calmed him down a little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/35-month-old-woke-up-shrieking-wwyd#post-1073884 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 09:39:45 +0000 Mrs. Lovejoy 1073884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had an exhausting weekend. Family in town all weekend and LO napping poorly and short spurts. Yesterday around 7:45PM I fed her and put her down and she was out. I was so relieved so I went to bed (I also got little sleep this weekend). I was sooo excited to get some sleep, but then 30 minutes later she wakes up in a panic, shrieking. This is not normal for her. Occasionally she'll wake and just need her paci to fall back asleep. The shrieking has really only happened after her 2 month shots because she seemed in pain. </p> <p>So, after 20 minutes of holding her, shushing her, DH gave her to me to see if she was hungry. She wanted nothing to do with nursing. Still shrieking. She calms down for 2 minutes, she shrieks for 5. Cycle continues. This is all while holding her, unswaddling her, checking her diaper, taking her temp, the whole shebang. We gave her a small dose of tylenol, because maybe it could be teething? She ended up falling asleep at 10:20 because I unswaddled her and was spooning her, in bed. I basically just stroked her head as she cried and she finally fell asleep. It was SO sad. Around 10:30, I put her in her crib and prayed she'd sleep until at least 4 or 5. Nope, up at 12:30, but this time just to eat, no shrieking. </p> <p>Thoughts? Could it literally be that she was just overtired? Or do we think teething? Anything I didn't check that you would have? It feels so terrible to not know what is exactly wrong and not be able to sooth your own child :( </p>