5week old and nightmares?

Question

my son is only 5 weeks old but he wakes up alot just screaming! and as soon as i lay my hand on him or hold him he calms down. and even during the day when he naps he has been haveing a hard time it takes him about 30 mins to sctuly fall asleep because he will start to the start screaming and as soon as i conturt him and lay him back down he goes about 10 mins and does it again. finaly at about 30 mins he is asleep and has no problems. is he haveing nightmares? is that normal? what can i do to help him

Answer 1

Sounds more like hes got gas to me.

Make sure hes fully burped before laying him down.

If you are breastfeeding. Look at your diet to see what might be upsetting his belly.

If you are bottle feeding it may be causing him gas pain.

He may just want to be held and comforted more.

Hes too young to be having nightmares.

Answer 2

have you ever thought about blessing the house cause it sounds like there is a evil spirit in your house, giving your child problems. Cause children can see paranormal activity sometimes.

hope this helps!!    

Answer 3

sounds like ur baby needs Security try swaddle wraping him it should hopefuly work

Answer 4

I always joke with my husband that he was dreaming about the whole birthing process again.

Make sure to burp him really well before going to bed, you can always try gripe water before burping to rule that out.

Answer 5

I went through the same thing with both my kids and I had to ask my mom and Grandmother for help and they told me to take a shirt that I had on that is some what clean and put it in their bed like you would a bed sheet then while you feed them put a nice warm not hot but warm heatpad on the shirt and cover it because it has your sent and they know their mothers sent. I thought there was no way this would work but I can say I had my kids sleepping through the nights by the time they where 2weeks old. Even my kids doctor told me that I better enjoy this because not many kids sleep like that at that age.

Good Luck and I hope this helps you like it did me because I know it's not fun when you can't even get 3hrs of sleep through the night.

Answer 6

Remember that your baby is working on instincts right now, and his instincts tell him that if he's alone, then he will be eaten by wild pigs.  He's probably screaming because he's alone and his survival instincts tell him that he's in serious danger.

By the time he's settled in for a good sleep, he's in his state of deep sleep and he doesn't notice that he's alone.  It takes about 20-30 minutes to get a baby into that deep sleep state.

Keep going to him and comforting him.  Better yet, let him sleep with you or wear him in a sling for daytime naps.  That will make him feel secure and confident so that sleep is not scary.