4 yr old waking up several times a night crying

[camie170]

my four year old son wakes up several times a night crying. hes screaming like he's in pain, but i cant find a single thing wrong with him. he is fine during the day and before he goes to sleep. he has no health issues, so i dont understand whats wrong. he has been doing this for about 6 months and always seems to wake up at the same time during the night. im thinking this is just maybe becoming a habit for him, and i would like to know how to break it. im losing a lot of sleep and so is my 10 yr  daughter who sleeps in the next room. i have tried ignoring him, but he will just continue to scream untill i get in there to comfort him, and even that takes me a while to get him to settle down. i did notice a lot of times he will be scruntched up in a ball, and at first i thought he was having stomach issues, but i dont understand why only at night???

[TaraLShaw]

My daughter has recently started doing this ill put her to bed then shortly afterwards she wakes up crying usualy shouting things, When I wake her up an ask what's scaring her she comes up with some strange comments like a min ago I asked what's up she was sobbing because the quilt was a mess but half ago she didn't know what it was this has happened every night for the past few week! Its making her very ratty, groggy and tired in mornings and in school is there anyway to stop this or make them go away please reply

[jap2277]

I too have the same issue with my 4 year old, only it started when he was alittle over a year old.  Not every night though, and when he does have these "tantrums" it takes either myself or my husband a good 10 minutes before my son wakes up.  I am to baffled as to what this is and have taken him to several specialists,(sleep study, ent, and of course his regular doc.) none of which helped even though he had to have tubes and his adnoids removed, he still goes through this at least 3x month. So, if anyone can shed any light on this mystery, that would be great.

[JaniDawn]

My first guess would be night terrors. My doctor told us that it is very common for 3-5 year olds to go through a period of time of these.

Another possiblity is the growing pains. We only grow while we sleep so that is why the pains happen during the night. Our two year old is going through that. She will have a couple bad nights then be okay for a few.

Good luck and hang in there!

[jessymarie78]

My 4 year old daughter has been doing this also, she wakes up crying , but she wont talk to me or tell me what is wrong, or if she is in pain, nothing. And it takes me almost an hour it seems to calm her down and get back to sleep myself. It is stressful on me, cause I can't help her if she can't tell me. She speaks her mind any other time, but during these episodes she can not talk. Please help me.

[amichall]

My son done the same thing.  It was his Singular.  He was having night terrors because of the medication.  It took him around 2 months to work it out of his system once we took him off of the medicne.  

[dusty891]

I'm so frustrated. My 4 yr old 'wakes up' screaming and yelling several times a night. This has been going on for about 2 months. The dr thinks its behavioral and she'll grow out of it. We have done naps, early bedtimes, etc, but nothing seems to help. Does anybody have any suggestions or been thru this? If she will grow out of it, I hope it happens soon.