https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 22:00:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-an-eight-month-old-have-night-terrors#post-472845 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:29:30 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 472845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Sorry it took me so long to respond. </p> <p>DD was definitely on her own schedule. She would wake up crying every time. What we found was when she would wake up like that, we had to let her CIO, otherwise she would continue to wake up at that time every night. After one night of CIO, she wouldn't wake up at that time anymore. (Well, until she got sick or was teething...) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-an-eight-month-old-have-night-terrors#post-471055 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:47:29 +0000 lemondrop 471055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That sounds exactly like my boy from around 8-10 months. Fighting bedtime, not wanting to sleep alone. We tried so many different things like you, but I think time is what helped the most. Like all things with babies, it will pass. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-an-eight-month-old-have-night-terrors#post-471049 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:42:35 +0000 BananaPancakes 471049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles:<br /> I'm thinking it could be a fear of the dark, but maybe nightmares. Or even just vivid dreams. They're just now really able to remember things, and having a really vivid dream could be scary if it wakes her up and she can suddenly remember it. Just weeks ago, it was very likely she wouldn't know why she woke up because she couldn't remember, so she just fell back to sleep. But now her brain is suddenly working differently and it's probably a really big change for her. She just might be more sensitive to it all. Just a thought. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-an-eight-month-old-have-night-terrors#post-471034 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:36:38 +0000 Boogs 471034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO still has episodes like that when new teeth are bothering him. If he gets Tylenol before bed he will be okay for the night, if not he wakes up screaming in pain, or at least that's our theory. Is your LO getting any new teeth? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-an-eight-month-old-have-night-terrors#post-471018 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:24:07 +0000 skibobrown 471018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm... then afraid of the dark? Does she fall asleep on her own? Or does she fall asleep in your arms first? If it's the latter, then maybe she is confused when she wakes up b/c she doesn't know where she is... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-an-eight-month-old-have-night-terrors#post-470991 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:12:14 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 470991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: I was thinking the same thing, but she does it when she is in bed with us as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-an-eight-month-old-have-night-terrors#post-470987 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:10:09 +0000 skibobrown 470987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is around the age when DD started exhibiting some mild separation anxiety, and she now gets sad and cries when we leave her alone in a room for more than a few seconds. Could this be what's going on in your baby's sleep? She wakes up and finds herself alone in a dark room w/out mom and dad, and it scares her?... That would be my guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-an-eight-month-old-have-night-terrors#post-470980 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:06:35 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 470980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bree72: ok thanks for the clarification. It's not night terrors then! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-an-eight-month-old-have-night-terrors#post-470974 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:03:47 +0000 BananaPancakes 470974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 8 month old has had night terrors for months, but it's not night terrors if she's remembering it or is awake. His night terrors happen typically every 30 minutes the first 2-3 hours of sleep, but the key is that he doesn't wake up. He might even sit or stand up, but he's full on asleep. He screams bloody murder, but he's actually in a deep sleep. If I let him cry it out for 2 minutes, it usually ends its own, and it's like it never happened. If your daughter is waking, it's much more likely nightmares or separation anxiety. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-an-eight-month-old-have-night-terrors#post-470905 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:15:14 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 470905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: what's weird is she wakes like clockwork 20-40 minutes from going down. It is so hard to get her down after this wakeup! She doesn't do it for naps. Was w crying when she woke?</p> <p>How were w's naps during this time? How long did it last? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-an-eight-month-old-have-night-terrors#post-470893 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:08:20 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 470893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like DD when she was about 8 months. I think it was a mixture of going through a growth spurt, hitting a sleep regression and just becoming more aware of everything. First thing I did was make sure she went to bed without being overtired. (This is also about the same time we realized that her bedtime needed to be 6:30 instead of 7:00) </p> <p> Then, it was kind of a guessing game - if she woke up within a couple hours of going to bed, then I would just rock her back to sleep because I knew she couldn't be hungry yet. If she woke up after 4 hours, I would give her a bottle and put her back down. Then, I would make her CIO (a little) if she woke up again in a couple hours, and sometimes rock her back to sleep if she got really upset. I wouldn't feed her again unless she actually acted like she needed it. </p> <p>Eventually, she got back on a schedule... but she still does wake once a night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-an-eight-month-old-have-night-terrors#post-470874 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:56:26 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 470874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Or be afraid of SOMETHING at night?</p> <p>I can't remember the last time my LO slept a stretch longer than two hours. She wakes up hysterical at least eight times a night. She does this in bed with us as well. We have tried letting her cry herself to sleep but she gets so worked up....<br /> We've tried lights on, lights off.<br /> New pajamas.<br /> New routine.<br /> New bedtime.</p> <p>I'm at a loss. When she wakes up from her naps, she wakes up happy and quiet. At night, she spends at least 50 percent of the night crying hysterically. </p> <p>What's strange is how badly she fights bedtime. I can get her down for a nap so easily...but bedtime takes hours.</p> <p>Help! </p>