I babysit staying all night at my daughter's three nights a week. Occasionally, my 18 mo. old granddaughter wakes up crying , screaming and hollering her own language with "Mommmmy" puntuating the tirades.
Last night it was off and on for four hours. Her Mom, Dad, and I tried five separate times to calm her down and we left her to scream a few times as well.
She stops for ten or 15 minutes and starts up again. It's not a pain, cold, or wet/soiled scream. It's eerie, trancelike or even like she's still asleep. She doesn't acknowldege us and her eyes are kind of vacant. Is she dreaming? Should we be concerned? Should we try to wake her up?
I can manage fine because I can take a nap when she and her four year old sister do but my daughter and her hubby have to get up at five to go to work/school .
It breaks my heart to see her so inconsolable. She is always fine in the morning though a bit tired. Help!
2006-10-25
02:38:22
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