https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:51:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571857 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:13:38 +0000 Lindsay05 1571857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 did this almost every night for at least 3-4 months. We got up with her, pat her back, gave her milk etc. One night I tried using the mic on the monitor and she went immediately to sleep. I think she just needed the reassurance of us being close by. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571824 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:04:44 +0000 erwoo 1571824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think my oldest used to wake up when he was an infant but I would just watch him over the monitor and he would settle down by himself after a few minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571804 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:00:28 +0000 LuLu Mom 1571804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happened last night, she did it 3-4 times, but the weird thing was she wasn't even awake! She was crying in her sleep. So I patted her back hoping to calm her, but didn't want to pick her up because she was still actually sleeping. SO WEIRD! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571755 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:44:43 +0000 Mrsjets 1571755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>J rarely wakes anymore - but if he does we give it at least 10 mins and he's usually back to laying down/asleep by then. If he's sick or if he's hysterically crying we get him right away, obviously, and sing/recite a book while we cuddle in the glider. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571618 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 07:50:31 +0000 Mrs. Twine 1571618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lorelei did this last night, too! She woke up full on sobbing that Freckles had chewed something that she was using. She was hysterical. I think she must have dreamed it? She had half-woken up and I had gone to lay down with her and get her back to sleep before I came downstairs again to do yoga before I went to bed, and then as soon as I unrolled my yoga mat she was hysterical. I picked her up (usually I don't; usually I just lay down with her and she'll nurse and be back to sleep in seconds). I told her I thought it was a dream. I asked her what she thought would help her. She said, "Talking about that, maybe?" So I talked to her about dreams, and where Freckles actually was (sleeping in his kennel), and where we were, and how all people have dreams (I used our names-- mommy, daddy, Ellie, Lorelei). She said the dream made her feel really sad. I told her that was okay. Dreams sometimes do give us feelings, and sometimes they might be sad feelings or angry feelings, but that we wake up, and if we were sad or angry we can remember that the things that happened were in our imagination, and we can start to feel better and calm down. It was so strange. I was holding her and rocking her, and after a minute or so she put her hand on my face and said, "Is it okay if we lay down and nurse in the bed?" And so I lay her down, and she was out. </p> <p>Maybe there's something in the air? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571602 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 07:38:04 +0000 mrs. wagon 1571602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of them, all the time :( We usually leave them alone and they stop crying and fall back asleep. Sometimes it's quick (with LMW usually it's once or twice a night, and by the time I pick up the video monitor and turn on the screen, she is motionless and asleep again) and sometimes it takes a while. After about 5 mins of crying if they're not settling back down we go in. Almost never happens with LMW but happens with Wagon Jr. all the time. But usually he falls back asleep very quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571571 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 07:04:19 +0000 Weagle 1571571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually we leave her and she goes back to sleep after a few minutes. When she's really worked up her cries are different, and we'll either put her in bed with is or let her have a drink of water before laying her back down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571534 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 06:31:56 +0000 looch 1571534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son hasn't been waking up a lot lately, but the last time he did, he was hungry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571467 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 03:52:48 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1571467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 21.5 month old is the same way. She wakes up after a few hours of sleep and is inconsolable. The only way she'll go back to sleep is if we take her back to bed with us. Now she refuses to even sleep in her crib. We totally shot ourselves in the foot!</p> <p>I'm not sure how and when she'll sleep in her room again, but I'm hoping she grows out of it. But I have noticed that she never wakes up crying when she's in our bed. So I'm guessing it's bad dreams? One of her teachers at daycare mentioned that it's normal since she just started daycare and "her mind is expanding". I'm starting to think it's more of an age thing and isn't so much about daycare and everything new. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571451 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 03:25:03 +0000 London Mama 1571451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkls: same here. My 21 month old still wakes up twice a night and then he's up for the day at 5-5.30am. He usually needs some physical comfort so depending on how early/late it is I'll either let him sleep in our bed or I'll lie down with him on his bed and cuddle until he passes out again. We've tried leaving him to cry but he gets so upset and it goes on for literally hours and hours so never worked for us. Besides I think it's very natural for little kids to need some reassurance at night, I'm sure he'll grow out of it sooner or later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571429 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:42:36 +0000 BoogieBea 1571429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just bring my daughter to my bed. Luckily, it's never become a habit, so I welcome the snuggles. I think her dreams are just becoming more vivid and she wakes from them sometimes. She also needs to sleep with the lamp light on now. So, she's definitely going through something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571392 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:10:38 +0000 mrbee 1571392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: argh, thats the worst!! Does she ever settle back down on her own? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571387 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:00:48 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1571387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My toddler still wakes up 1-3 times every night! We have had very few nights with no wakeups in her life... I can count them on 2 hands! She is 23 months.<br /> When she wakes, she is instantly crying, shouting our names, clawing at her door, etc.<br /> We either go in their and scratch her back and sing, or take her into the glider and rock her.</p> <p>We're suckers. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-ever-wake-up-crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night-how-do-you-calm-them-down#post-1571383 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:57:37 +0000 mrbee 1571383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our 2 1/2 year old daughter just woke up sobbing after a few hours of sleep, so I broke out my full arsenal of singing, back patting and other desperation tactics and none of them worked at all.</p> <p>Finally I offered to get her some more milk for the 10th time and somehow that seemed to register and she stopped crying. By the time I had left the room to get more milk, she was already asleep. So I didn't bother getting her the milk and it's been 10 minutes of silence since then. I think she just passed back out.</p> <p>Does your toddler ever wake up crying in the middle of the night? How do you calm them down? </p>