https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:48:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-ever-wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-after-having-a-nightmare#post-242122 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:21:26 +0000 mrs. wagon 242122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Almost every night. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-ever-wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-after-having-a-nightmare#post-242110 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:15:34 +0000 chopsuey 242110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Occasionally. I go in and hold/hug her and give her boob. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-ever-wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-after-having-a-nightmare#post-242101 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:13:01 +0000 Honeybee 242101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. :( Typically, if she wakes up in the middle of the night crying it's either because she's uncomfortable (too, hot, too cold, needs to go potty, etc...) or because she had a nightmare.</p> <p>Usually, when DD wakes up, she'll cry and call for DH; occasionally (like last night) she'll call for me. Both of us go into her room, sit down on her bed, turn on her constellation ladybug, and rub her back. Sometimes she wants us to sing to her, but we don't engage in conversation. Once she lays back down and closes her eyes, we can get up and leave the room, most of the time (sometimes she makes DH stay with her until she falls back asleep :). I think that, most of the time, she's not fully awake when we get into her room, so we just repeat the very end of our bedtime routine to put her back to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-ever-wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-after-having-a-nightmare#post-241484 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:02:27 +0000 mrbee 241484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Charlie woke up two hours ago screaming and yelling. :( I watched him on the monitor while we waited for him to calm back down, but instead of calming down he seemed to be escalating. It was really unusual, so I went into his room to see what was up.</p> <p>Turns out, he had just had a nightmare... but when I tried to talk to him or comfort him, he just started screaming more hysterically. So finally I just opened a book and turned on a flashlight, and started reading him "Good night, Good night, Construction Site."</p> <p>It worked! He calmed down and eventually broke out of his temporary hysteria. I was able to calm him down, and told him I was leaving the room and would be back in the morning. To my surprise, he was fine with it. I guess he really did just have a nightmare.</p> <p>Does your LO ever wake up in the middle of the night after having a nightmare? How do you manage it? </p>