https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:10:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-crying-after-nap#post-2589590 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:32:52 +0000 Mama Bird 2589590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS woke up like that a few times, and it was always when I woke him up before he was ready. I also had to put on a show because nothing else helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-crying-after-nap#post-2589558 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:59:13 +0000 Banana330 2589558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @KayKay: My dd only cries at wake up if she's still tired or over tired. Sometimes she won't go back to sleep and we have to deal with it but when she does she wakes up happy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-crying-after-nap#post-2589511 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:44:04 +0000 KayKay 2589511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD2 does this occasionally. Actually, if I hear her crying when she wakes up, I often try to give her 10-15m to settle because sometimes it means she is just still tired. If she falls back asleep, she usually wakes up happy. Other times there is no returning to sleep, and...we usually try to do the same as has been suggested: immediate snack and/or a short episode of Sesame Street. Sometimes when she is super-hysterical, I think she maybe had a bad dream, but most times, who knows!? </p> <p>We eventually "made" my 4yo drop her nap because she was falling asleep so late that we'd have to wake her up, and she was an unconsolable beast! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-crying-after-nap#post-2589391 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:31:33 +0000 littlebear16 2589391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@nana87: That's it! Thank you. I didn't think of hunger as the possible problem. She wakes up from nap about 4 hours after she last ate, so that could be it!'ll try a snack next time.<br /> @Mae: Good point, I'm not so happy when I wake up either!<br /> @Mrs. Champagne: Ugh. Why do they have to act so different for other people! Pretty sure her grandparents think I'm crazy when I say she can be really difficult at times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-crying-after-nap#post-2589344 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:08:49 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2589344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son wakes up sooo mad and has for months. He is 28 months. It just recently got better because I had baby 2 and my mom was here and getting him after nap. He couldn't be mad at grandma ;). Now he is kind of out of the habit. But we just put on an episode of paw patrol while he has a snack and then he is good to go. Much better then screaming forever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-crying-after-nap#post-2589331 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:49:18 +0000 Mae 2589331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kiddo is almost always super pissed off when she wakes up from her nap. She does let me hold her, which is good. But she still hates the world. I'm not a morning person so I get it. On the worst days I just load her in the car and we go somewhere because that seems to snap her out of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-crying-after-nap#post-2589329 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:47:28 +0000 winniebee 2589329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ty was like this from when he went on one nap at 14 months until he stopped napping at 34 months! He pretty much always woke up pissed off and crying! For like half an hour he would be mad. I often let him watch a show like you because he wouldn't snap out of it. Now at age 4 if he takes a random nap he wakes up happy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-crying-after-nap#post-2589307 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:01:09 +0000 MrsSRS 2589307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When this happened to DS he was hungry. I tried upping the protein in his lunch and then when he woke up just quietly handing him an applesauce pouch. We sometimes did that with a short show, if necessary, to let him chill until the sugar was in his system. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-crying-after-nap#post-2589291 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 18:41:59 +0000 nana87 2589291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That thread from before might have been mine! <a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-toddler-hysterical-after-nap#post-2561950" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-toddler-hysterical-after-nap#post-2561950</a> Lo has done this a few times, and it's kind of like nothing helps until she's ready to snap out of it herself. Usually I think it's because she's hungry but too wound up to eat at first. Distracting her with a show does help </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-crying-after-nap#post-2589253 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:02:03 +0000 littlebear16 2589253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I swear I remember reading a post about this a few months ago, but I can't find it! </p> <p>A few times this week my DD (21 months) has been inconsolable after her nap. She doesn't want to be held, touched or talked to at all. She cries/screams so hard it sounds like she's going to throw up. It makes me feel horrible to not know how to comfort her!</p> <p>The only thing I've found to work is to turn a show on. Of course I'd love to have other ways. Has anyone been through this? I'm hoping it's just a terrible phase. :sad: thanks!! </p>