https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 21:57:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2500420 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 09:13:26 +0000 winniebee 2500420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 15mo cries in his sleep (or maybe he is awake?) probably 50% of the time. We don't typically go to him. </p> <p>Our 4 year old wakes occasionally and it's usually for a reason like a bad dream, and he needs us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2500412 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 08:24:23 +0000 KayKay 2500412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 15mo old does this probably 5 out of 7 nights. Never a very long cry -- just one or two little ones in her sleep. My almost 4 year old has obvious nightmares maybe once a week where she will be crying and sitting up and talking (usually gibberish) but SO out of it. We usually just go in, lay her back down, give her a quick hug or snuggle, and then go back to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2500339 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 03:07:57 +0000 Nutella 2500339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep every so often ours will do this in the middle of the night. His eyes are closed and he's asleep but crying. Sometimes he will wake up and ask for cuddles if he sees me, but will easily go back down if I hold him for a little bit. He's never been rocked so I don't mind this at all...he's too active during the day for cuddles! ☺️ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2500332 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 02:14:10 +0000 Cherrybee 2500332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E does this, but she also wakes properly and cries too and then we have to go in. Occasionally, I go in too soon and find her crying in her sleep (but going in wakes her fully). Last night, she cried a little longer - so we knew she had fully woken- but we left her and she went back the sleep. This happened twice. Well, this morning she was very sad when she woke up, was crying for mummy as she got out of bed..... and she kept saying "I woke in the night and was crying". She was super wounded that she was left alone to fall back to sleep!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2500186 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 20:22:18 +0000 autumnlove 2500186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO 2 did this last summer! :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2500162 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 20:00:37 +0000 Mae 2500162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO has done this most nights since she stopped needing my help to go back to sleep. Ever since she was a newborn she'd cry during her random light sleep moments when she realized she didn't have a paci in. That didn't stop when she learned to replace it herself. She still usually wakes once at least at night crying because her paci fell out and she'll find it, put it back in, then collapse back into sleep lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2500146 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 19:45:23 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2500146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 5 month old started doing this recently-cry for a second or two and then fall back asleep/still be asleep (I'm not sure if she's awake because I can't see her eyes in the middle of the night and if she doesn't keep crying I don't get out of bed). My niece would do it too (we experienced it when she slept over) she had a period of night terrors. I woke her up and told her she was at my house and everything was okay and then she went back to sleep and was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2499608 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:31:46 +0000 fussygal 2499608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: lol!</p> <p>Our DD (23 mos) does this occasionally. It will be one cry that lasts about 10 seconds and then she's back out. Very, very rarely it escalates into a cry that we feel we need to tend to. I find the nights we go get her she usually does it again the next night or two (maybe we're reinforcing the behavior by going in?). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2499598 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:24:23 +0000 skipra 2499598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of ours do this! Our older LO will randomly have nights where he will do it a couple times and we check on him but he's fine and sleeping. LO2 does it more, usually when he's rolling over or something. It's hard to tell with him if it's that or if he's awake because he only sttn about 40% of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2499353 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:02:04 +0000 LBee 2499353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p> [attach=4559/16/o48prg.420x294.88308e6c3c3dc3ae075052effb879437.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2499349 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:59:39 +0000 MoonMoon 2499349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a few instances that the pediatrician said were night terrors. They were recognizable because he wouldn't respond to comforting, he was asleep and not aware of us. It was pretty creepy/sad, but they came and went away, and never lasted more than a few minutes, so we weren't worried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2499336 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:55:32 +0000 Rocker2014 2499336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO does this most nights, and sometimes during naps at daycare. Sometimes she wakes up, sometimes not. (I love my video monitor!) I've chatted with the doctor a few times about it, we're pretty sure it is dreams/nighmares/night terrors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2499322 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:45:13 +0000 snowjewelz 2499322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 15 mo old just started it this week! We think it's night terrors. Went on for 2 nights . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2499317 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:41:06 +0000 sandy 2499317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is a great sleeper and never had MOTN wake ups (she's just naturally a great sleeper) but when she was 2 she have random outbursts of crying in the MOTN. She was always asleep or would fall back asleep immediately. I think it may have been her 2 year molars. Those were the only teeth that gave her trouble but it lasted for awhile (not every night but for several weeks randomly) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2499314 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:39:35 +0000 FaithFertility 2499314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sort of DD is 15 months and we can go 2-3 weeks no MOTN wakes to nights where she wakes crying and back I don't know why but she is awake and standing.....<br /> We just got out of like 3 weeks of awful MOTN wakes but last night 2:30 screaming but DH got her down quick..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-motn-crying#post-2499311 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:36:27 +0000 Bao 2499311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does your LO every wake up in the middle of the night and cry for just a few seconds, and then go back to sleep? Or cry while they are actually still asleep? My 2 year old has been doing this a couple of times per night. If we are still awake we will go in and check on her but her eyes are closed, it's pretty creepy...I have no idea why she does this! </p>