Baby crying while asleep

Abigail · 02-09-2021, 07:07 AM

Hi,
Did some of you ever experience this? My baby is 8 weeks old and hardly ever cries. During the day he has his naps in the wrap (front cross carry, upright) and at night he sleeps besides me in our bed. A while ago he suddenly started crying while asleep in the wrap, but after two cries just kept on sleeping. Today he also suddenly started to cry while asleep in the wrap (he was not in a light sleep or about to wake up). He woke up from his own crying and kept crying for a minute or so while I was comforting him. I don’t remember I ever had this with one of my other children and I wondered why he was crying. Would that be a kind of nightmare? (Or ‘daymare’ actually).

2sunshines · 02-09-2021, 07:17 AM

When you say crying, do you mean an all out wail cry or more of a whimper type cry? I've had my babies whimper cry in their sleep.... I always assumed they were dreaming or something. I usually just cuddled or comforted them, like you are doing.

Abigail · 02-09-2021, 09:52 AM

I mean really crying out loud! I was startled since he was sleeping so quietly and suddenly started crying so loud...

Aerynne · 02-09-2021, 03:11 PM

night terrors is where they cry in their sleep. One of my daughters had them three nights after her first round of shots, but they can also just happen.

sweetpeasmommy · 02-09-2021, 08:57 PM

Gas pain?

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2sunshines · 02-10-2021, 06:30 AM

Poor baby! Could be dreams, tho I always wonder how much a baby has to dream about with so little frame of reference...

Pain is what I would first think of. That gas pain sure can be a lot for those tiny babes especially at the beginning when their whole digestive tract is just getting going...

It's so hard to see our little ones sad or hurt.

SewingGreenMama · 02-10-2021, 07:41 AM

Gas pain is my first guess.

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Abigail · 02-12-2021, 06:44 AM

Yeah, I was thinking, what would he ever have to have a nightmare about? Since I feel he has a perfectly happy babylife

Or can babies have nightmares when they have a relaxed happy life and no shots?
I've never noticed him to have pain in his belly, yet come to think of it, we ate something with a lot of leeks and onions in it the day before, so it might have been gas.

kimiels · 03-15-2021, 07:50 AM

I think its teething or stomach ache.I have the same problems with my child and Ive started to use teething gels for baby https://miniscreeni.com/best-teething-gels-for-baby. After a couple of days the pain went away.

02-09-2021, 07:07 AM	#1
Abigail Newly Planted Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Europe Posts: 3	Baby crying while asleep Hi, Did some of you ever experience this? My baby is 8 weeks old and hardly ever cries. During the day he has his naps in the wrap (front cross carry, upright) and at night he sleeps besides me in our bed. A while ago he suddenly started crying while asleep in the wrap, but after two cries just kept on sleeping. Today he also suddenly started to cry while asleep in the wrap (he was not in a light sleep or about to wake up). He woke up from his own crying and kept crying for a minute or so while I was comforting him. I don’t remember I ever had this with one of my other children and I wondered why he was crying. Would that be a kind of nightmare? (Or ‘daymare’ actually).

02-09-2021, 07:17 AM	#2
2sunshines Moderator in Celebrations, Cloth Diapering & EC, Empty Arms, Prayer & Praise, and Swap n' Shop Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,408	Re: Baby crying while asleep When you say crying, do you mean an all out wail cry or more of a whimper type cry? I've had my babies whimper cry in their sleep.... I always assumed they were dreaming or something. I usually just cuddled or comforted them, like you are doing. __________________ wife to my beloved and best friend mom to 4 great kids: ds(20) dd(17) dd(14) and ds(12)

02-09-2021, 09:52 AM	#3
Abigail Newly Planted Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Europe Posts: 3	Re: Baby crying while asleep I mean really crying out loud! I was startled since he was sleeping so quietly and suddenly started crying so loud...

02-09-2021, 03:11 PM	#4
Aerynne Rose Garden Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 25,581	Re: Baby crying while asleep night terrors is where they cry in their sleep. One of my daughters had them three nights after her first round of shots, but they can also just happen. __________________ Erin born of water and of the Spirit 4/96 married 5/02 Mama to: 10-2002. 5-2003 4-2019 2004 2007 2010 2012 July 2017 Dec 2019

02-09-2021, 08:57 PM	#5
sweetpeasmommy Moderator in Breaking the Chains, Children with Special and Medical Needs, Natural Health & Nutrition, and Prayer & Praise Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 30,223	Re: Baby crying while asleep Gas pain? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Amy eNFp Wife to ISTJ DH 1997 Mom to one Sweet Boy 10/2004

02-10-2021, 06:30 AM	#6
2sunshines Moderator in Celebrations, Cloth Diapering & EC, Empty Arms, Prayer & Praise, and Swap n' Shop Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,408	Re: Baby crying while asleep Poor baby! Could be dreams, tho I always wonder how much a baby has to dream about with so little frame of reference... Pain is what I would first think of. That gas pain sure can be a lot for those tiny babes especially at the beginning when their whole digestive tract is just getting going... It's so hard to see our little ones sad or hurt. __________________ wife to my beloved and best friend mom to 4 great kids: ds(20) dd(17) dd(14) and ds(12)

02-10-2021, 07:41 AM	#7
SewingGreenMama Rose Trellis Deuteronomy 11:19 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Tennessee Posts: 2,900	Re: Baby crying while asleep Gas pain is my first guess. Sent from my Moto Z (2) using Tapatalk __________________ "Reflections like these lead one to spare the rod ... purely because it is not easy to find a punishment that does not defeat it's own ends." -Charlotte Mason Parents and Children pg. 171 "If punishment were necessarily reformative, and able to cure us all of those 'sins we have a mind to,' why, the world would be a very good world;" -Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children pg. 172 W&C 8/4/06; G 12yo , M 9yo , S 8/29/13 , V 5yo , Baby 3/26

02-12-2021, 06:44 AM	#8
Abigail Newly Planted Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Europe Posts: 3	Re: Baby crying while asleep Yeah, I was thinking, what would he ever have to have a nightmare about? Since I feel he has a perfectly happy babylife Or can babies have nightmares when they have a relaxed happy life and no shots? I've never noticed him to have pain in his belly, yet come to think of it, we ate something with a lot of leeks and onions in it the day before, so it might have been gas.

03-15-2021, 07:50 AM	#9
kimiels Newly Planted Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: USA Posts: 2	Re: Baby crying while asleep I think its teething or stomach ache.I have the same problems with my child and Ive started to use teething gels for baby https://miniscreeni.com/best-teething-gels-for-baby. After a couple of days the pain went away. Last edited by kimiels; 04-01-2021 at 09:04 AM. Reason: Moderator edit: Remove link

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