https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 11:25:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waking-up-and-screaming#post-1882091 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 23:00:53 +0000 Freckles 1882091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sophs Mama: I think it is separation anxiety. I found the thread i posted when LO was around 2 years old: <a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-separation-anxiety-at-my-wits-end" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-separation-anxiety-at-my-wits-end</a></p> <p>Is your LO able to put herself to sleep on her own? It took us a while (maybe a week) but we were able to finally leave the room without her freaking out. Lots of reassurance that we weren't leaving the house, that we would be downstairs...we'd talk about the next morning, like what i would make for breakfast and who would be taking her to daycare. That seemed to comfort her. I told her "no crying" but that i would go to her right away if she needed me. Hope things get better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waking-up-and-screaming#post-1882080 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:29:09 +0000 skibobrown 1882080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happened to my daughter on her nap this weekend. I think her tummy was hurting. I had to bring her to my bed to hang out and calm down for a little while before we could move on and resume with life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waking-up-and-screaming#post-1882076 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:18:18 +0000 Sophs Mama 1882076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my god! We are trying to put her down to sleep and everything went normally, until we tried to leave her room. She was crying and so hysterical she almost ripped her lamp right off the wall. She is red in the face and almost threw up. </p> <p>What the hell??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waking-up-and-screaming#post-1881570 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:51:35 +0000 littlebug 1881570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D is doing this, too, but usually in the middle of the night. He wakes up screaming and it takes 5 minutes to calm him down then another 30-45 minutes of rocking him to get him to go back to sleep. He's also been REALLY hard to get down to sleep - it's lately been taking 45-60 minutes of rocking him until he falls asleep and then transferring ever-so-carefully to his crib. If we try to put him into the crib awake or even semi-awake, he screams like a banshee. So I'm thinking separation anxiety? He's 21 months. </p> <p>And I'm not opposed to a little bit of cry-it-out, but this is like screaming-his-head-off-sounds-like-he's-being-murdered crying. My husband thinks we should just let him go and he'll scream himself out, but he sounds absolutely terrified. I just can't let that go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waking-up-and-screaming#post-1881510 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:24:48 +0000 bunnylovesbear 1881510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son does the same thing from time to time. We've never been able to figure out the reason, though. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waking-up-and-screaming#post-1881464 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:58:32 +0000 Sophs Mama 1881464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: I think she is getting her 2 year molars, but that's been going on for a month now, so I don't think it's related. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waking-up-and-screaming#post-1881462 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:57:38 +0000 Sophs Mama 1881462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: We live with my in-laws, so the house is not always so quiet, so I am hesitant to leave the door open even a crack, but it's worth a try I suppose. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waking-up-and-screaming#post-1881457 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:56:54 +0000 Lindsay05 1881457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 did this from about 14 months - 18 months. It was a LONG time, except it was in the middle of the night. Not sure exactly what it was, but we would talk to her on the monitor and she would go right back to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waking-up-and-screaming#post-1881452 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:54:38 +0000 Freckles 1881452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sophs Mama: Would it help if you left the door open? If LO wakes up and sees that the door is shut, she'll scream and cry. We leave it open just a crack and that seems to help (sometimes). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waking-up-and-screaming#post-1881448 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:54:12 +0000 NovBaby1112 1881448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>could she be teething? otherwise- not sure....my LO has night terrors but they look different than this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waking-up-and-screaming#post-1881441 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:50:27 +0000 Sophs Mama 1881441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: Ooh, could be. She's always super snuggly afterwards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waking-up-and-screaming#post-1881221 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:11:25 +0000 Freckles 1881221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could it be separation anxiety? Mine went through this just before the 2 year mark (in the mornings and during nap time). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waking-up-and-screaming#post-1881166 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:51:57 +0000 Sophs Mama 1881166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The last 4 days, my daughter (22 months) has been waking up from nap, and within seconds she is screaming bloody murder! I have to run into her room and console her and it takes 5 minutes to calm her down. It'd only been at nap time so far, but this morning she woke up after 12 hours of sleep and just screamed and cried sitting behind her door. </p> <p>Normally she wakes up and talks to her little animals and is happy as a clam, so I'm not sure where this is coming from. She has a lamp that she knows how to turn on, so it's not a fear of darkness. </p> <p>I just don't know if this is normal or if this has happened to anyone else? </p>