jgriffin
10-17-2006, 11:27 AM
Not so much a sleep question but a waking up one.
For the past several weeks E has been a bear when he wakes up in the morning. I don't go into his room until I'm sure that he's awake. He cries, sometimes hysterically, for several minutes. He doesn't want to be held or touched, he doesn't want his blanket or stuffies. He reaches for his milk, but when I try to hand it to him he knocks it away. If he sees it on the floor he crawls over and knocks it over. If I offer him anything, or try to pat him, he waves his arms around wildly. He seems really angry and upset, but I don't know how to comfort him. The whole thing lasts less than 10 minutes, and eventually he'll drink some milk, calm down, then walk around like nothing happened.
Needless to say, it's stressful and upsetting to not be able to calm him down. It's gotten to the point that I usually don't even try to hold him, I just set him down on the floor and let him work it out. It feels wrong, but holding him is just not an option. This doesn't happen every morning, probably 4 or 5 days a week. But I haven't figured out how to tell the difference between a good and bad morning ahead of time.
Here are some thoughts DH and I have had:
-I'm going into his room too early (i.e. he hasn't fully woken up and is just upset about it)
-He's super uncomfortable with a wet or poopy diaper (although changing him doesn't seem to help)
-He is still recovering from sleep paralysis and it's freaking him out
Anyone BTDT or have advice?
TIA!
Jen
For the past several weeks E has been a bear when he wakes up in the morning. I don't go into his room until I'm sure that he's awake. He cries, sometimes hysterically, for several minutes. He doesn't want to be held or touched, he doesn't want his blanket or stuffies. He reaches for his milk, but when I try to hand it to him he knocks it away. If he sees it on the floor he crawls over and knocks it over. If I offer him anything, or try to pat him, he waves his arms around wildly. He seems really angry and upset, but I don't know how to comfort him. The whole thing lasts less than 10 minutes, and eventually he'll drink some milk, calm down, then walk around like nothing happened.
Needless to say, it's stressful and upsetting to not be able to calm him down. It's gotten to the point that I usually don't even try to hold him, I just set him down on the floor and let him work it out. It feels wrong, but holding him is just not an option. This doesn't happen every morning, probably 4 or 5 days a week. But I haven't figured out how to tell the difference between a good and bad morning ahead of time.
Here are some thoughts DH and I have had:
-I'm going into his room too early (i.e. he hasn't fully woken up and is just upset about it)
-He's super uncomfortable with a wet or poopy diaper (although changing him doesn't seem to help)
-He is still recovering from sleep paralysis and it's freaking him out
Anyone BTDT or have advice?
TIA!
Jen