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What to do about a 11-month-old baby waking up screaming?

The sudden step back might have a physical cause (tooth breaking through, coming down with a fever, stomach cramps from a change of diet, whatever), in which case the problem will be short-lived and ...
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9 months old baby wakes up 8-10 times per night

This is so incredibly common. We had this with both of our children. We used the Dr. Ferber method successfully. Briefly: Soothing yourself back to sleep is a skill babies must learn. You want ...
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My 5 year old is no longer sleeping all night

it sounds to me like your son is sleepwalking. This is a sleep "disorder" and is more common in children than in adults. During sleepwalking episodes, a person appears to be awake, but is in fact very ...
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How to help my 3-year-old who wakes up at night in fear of a bug biting his leg (again)?

If this is, indeed, a psychological problem and not a physical condition (do have a doctor look at his leg if his discomfort doesn't seem to be going away) you might try giving him something that will ...
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Street noise outside a child's bedroom - studies on how much it affects the quality of sleep?

Night noise is linked to insomnia and lower sleep duration. This link is mostly supported by multiple research studies. This association was considered substantial enough for the World Health ...
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Toddler wakes many times in night

In regards to nightmares or night terrors. These are real and like an illness this means all consequences change. You cannot teach anyone to be well when they are sick or how to not have a nightmare. ...
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How to help my my 18-month-old daughter who may have night terrors?

Both of my children had night terrors beginning around 14-18 months old. There can be environmental triggers to them and they are also tied to the sleep cycle. So if your daughter is having them every ...
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What to do about our 18-month-old crying screaming with eyes closed for an hour?

My son had a few instances of Night Terrors at about this same age. I thought he was awake as he would physically get out of bed, so he was actively moving around, scream/crying at the top of his ...
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Toddler wakes many times in night

Here's two things that worked for us in a similar scenario, each is based on the simple psychological principle of positive reinforcement. (1) Kids that age can't tell the time yet, but they can tell ...
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Trying to eliminate night time feeding, end up waking hungry very early

You did it very well by changing the pattern in feeding, it is just that the baby is still used to be fed quite often. From what you comment, your baby used to eat several times during the night, say ...
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How to continue with removing breastfeeding at night

First of all: It is always hard to stop with breast feeding. For the night however and for sure at the age of your daughter there is quite quickly no need for any drinking during the night even with ...
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