Night Terrors

Happened with my kiddo at 15 months. He also wasn’t the best sleeper. We had to make BIG changes to our schedule, and his pediatrician recommended 1mg of melatonin 30 min before sleep. At 15 months, I think he was still taking 2 naps a day. He was always up at 5:30 or 6am (i know fml), so he’d go down for nap #1 from 10:15-11:30 and then nap #2 from 2:30-3:30pm and if all goes well then we get him ready for bed at 7:45pm (melatonin, toothbrush, bath, story) and try to have him asleep by 8:15pm. But if he doesn’t nap at all or has shitty naps then absolute earliest best time is 6pm. His wake window was 3-4 hrs and if he’s awake for more than that then night time was gonna suck. If this doesn’t resolve for another month or two then I’d consider talking to pediatrician to get a referral to a sleep specialist. Look out for mouth breathing and snoring, it could be sleep apnea which could contribute to night terrors. We ended up having to take him in for a sleep study at 18 months.

You can also try using the Huckleberry App to help track sleep! It offers a custom comprehensive sleep plan if you pay for it too

thank you for the advice. When ever I’ve tried to seek professional help for his sleeping I’m
Always told ‘he’s a baby, babies don’t sleep, babies cry…bla bla bla’
Would you say the huckleberry app is worth a go? X

ikr their advice isn’t helpful at all it just makes me even more angry lol. And yes i love the app! It’s free unless you wanna try the extra stuff I just mentioned. It helps keep track of his sleep and eating habits so I have something accurate to report to his pediatrician during visits. Does he sleep alone? What’s his sleep environment like?

My baby has been waking up screaming bloody murder he’s a year old now he scared me the other night from his wake ups I can usually soothe him but its difficult

he sleeps in his cot and until recently slept in his own room but 2 months ago we moved in with my parents as we sold our house and the house we were buying fell through.
We’re sleeping in their loft conversion which is one very big room and his fit is as far away from us as possible.
I do wonder if us being in the same room is the issue.
Would you say the app is worth paying for? X

last night our little one woke 6 times screaming 😭
I feel for you x

we dont have paediatricians in the uk just regular doctors and they are useless when it comes to babies

I just paid for one month I think just to get the sleep recommendations and then cancelled lol. It’s not that expensive. If doctor isn’t helpful then I’d be looking at all possible options. For my son, being in the same room as him was a BIG issue! I wanted to rule out the whole sleep apnea thing before putting him in his own room because anxiety. Once that was clear, we put him in his room and slept way better. I had shit sleep too so I guess the constant tossing and turning would wake him up.