This kid has always screamed bloody murder when waking up, but she's coming up on age 2 now and becoming bigger, louder, and faster on the trigger. Lately it's ear-splitting, which is too bad because she naps on the same schedule as the big kids but falls asleep a few minutes sooner and breaks up her nap with one long raging flailing tantrum before passing out again, then wakes up again with another long raging flailing tantrum.
When the extra-big rages started I first thought she was in pain because her tone of voice was different, but now I think that's just come with getting older, and possibly with getting fully weaned off of formula; she's used to soothing with a warm bottle. I have been trying to soothe her back to sleep but touching or interacting with her or asking her to let me pick her up sends her scurrying to the far end of the crib, roaring and burying her face in the corner. I have tried laying her over my knees and rubbing her back in case of tummy ache, four times so far, but she HATES that.
Sometimes it's clear she isn't awake all; other times she stands up and bellows. She'll beat me around the face and try to flip out of my arms if I pick her up during the rages.
Has anybody else had a kid like this? What do you think? Digestive issues? Hunger? Missing home? Trying to bring the bottle back? She's always had this sleep/scream/sleep/scream nap pattern, so I don't think it's a one-off illness or headache. I don't want to call for pick up in the middle of naptime every day, especially since it'll reinforce that the rages make Mommy appear. Her older brother throws screaming tantrums when he's feeling especially sensitive, too, but I've seen Mommy in action and she doesn't reward it.
When the extra-big rages started I first thought she was in pain because her tone of voice was different, but now I think that's just come with getting older, and possibly with getting fully weaned off of formula; she's used to soothing with a warm bottle. I have been trying to soothe her back to sleep but touching or interacting with her or asking her to let me pick her up sends her scurrying to the far end of the crib, roaring and burying her face in the corner. I have tried laying her over my knees and rubbing her back in case of tummy ache, four times so far, but she HATES that.
Sometimes it's clear she isn't awake all; other times she stands up and bellows. She'll beat me around the face and try to flip out of my arms if I pick her up during the rages.
Has anybody else had a kid like this? What do you think? Digestive issues? Hunger? Missing home? Trying to bring the bottle back? She's always had this sleep/scream/sleep/scream nap pattern, so I don't think it's a one-off illness or headache. I don't want to call for pick up in the middle of naptime every day, especially since it'll reinforce that the rages make Mommy appear. Her older brother throws screaming tantrums when he's feeling especially sensitive, too, but I've seen Mommy in action and she doesn't reward it.
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