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Not really, of course, but if her current course of behavior continues, I don't know what I'll do.

She has suddenly developed an aversion to sleeping. If she were three months old and constantly waking up in the middle of the night, I'd be sympathetic. However, she's almost four. In the last 10 days, she wakes up and screams for mommy to rub her back, that she's afraid of the A/C, that she wants to be closer to her sister (who is 5 feet across the room), that she wants to sleep in our bed (huge no-no), whatever. She screams for hours on end after sleeping fine for years. As recently as three weeks ago, we had to wake her sorry a$$ up in the morning.

We have tried the anger thing, the consoling thing, the ignoring thing. At 12:25 this morning she woke up, at 3:30 a.m. she was still screaming, standing in the doorway to our room. Soon after, she was asleep on our floor. Absolutely pathetic. Yet, I have no sympathy.

She had her bike taken away for 1 week. No effect. No field trips at daycare. No effect. She seems not to care that the other three people in the house are walking zombies.

Worst part: in a few weeks we go to Maine for a week. The cottages are so close together that everybody will hear her screaming. Which, in turn, will force us to leave and basically piss away $1,200.

I have no answers. Just needed to vent on that one.

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My parents allways told me I was like that when I was younger. Luckily it wasint in the middle of the night, I just refused to eat ceareal unless my mom made it, hated getting my diaper changed by anyone but my baby sitter stupid things like that. I think I just grew out of it in my early years giving way to my philosophy that "Every person has bad in them, some more than others. Most "use up" their badness in their teenage years. Some use it up in adulthood and some use it up in early child hood." What I am trying to say is your kid is going through her "bad" phase now so when she is in her teens or is an adult she will have lost most of her "badness" and will be a more mature and sociable person because of it. Try and think of it as a blessing See me in 14 years and tell me how my theory holds up.

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Damn, I feel your pain Shecky. We went through some trouble when our oldest (now 7) was around 3, she would wake up scream because she wanted to sleep in our bed. We had to ride it out with a few nights of screaming but those few nights were horrible. Sleep deprivation can really mess you up, combine that with a screaming kid and you have pure hell.


My youngest is now 4 and she is currently scared of rain and thunder. If it rains or thunders she will scream bloody murder and can't sleep.

Not sure what the answer is but I really hope it gets worked out.

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Horse tranquilizers, they work wonders. If you can't get your hands on those benadryl works well too.

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We have been riding this out by just letting her scream most of the time. It ain't working. Very frustrating.

My older one went through a phase when she was 2 1/2 where she would throw 4-hour temper tantrums every day for two weeks. It was brutal, but at least it was during the day. That I can handle.

We've been spoiled with both our kids in that they have, up until now, slept through the night since they were 2-3 months old.

I know this is a phase, but it's awful. It's no longer an option (snip-snip), but if we even had thoughts of having a third they're gone now because we have been re-introduced to the wonders of severe sleep deprivation.

One of the problems is my wife, who is generally a saint. But when she yells, holy crap. You can hear her across New England (she's a singer, so she projects well). And when she's really tired, she doesn't get cranky, she gets emotional.

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We have, against our better judgement, tried Tylenol and Benadryl. She's freakin' immune. It's like we're living with a crackhead.

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How about some quality earplugs? I know that doesn't help your situation in Maine, but as far as your own sleep deprivation issues go, wouldn't some industrial earplugs drown her screaming out, and hopefully she'll get over it after a few more weeks?

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Is she having night terrors?

Super extreme real seaming nightmares?

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I thought the same thing when I read your post, shecky.

I feel for ya. Mine are 4-1/2 and 2-1/2. I'd give the pediatrician a call, see if he/she can offer any insight.