I couldn't post without a picture, so here's a pic of Sidney opening one of her presents from the weekend; she pushed the paper into an open area of the present and was peeking inside! It was so cute to see her excitement beyond the wrapping paper!We had her 1 year appointment today, boy is she a drama queen! The doctor hadn't even touched her and she was crying! She cried throughout the entire exam, and we all know it doesn't hurt when a doctor listens to your lungs or heart! But Sidney just kept on crying. Poor thing! You can imagine what it was like when it was time for shots! The bad news of the appointment is that the doctor has figured out Sidney is having night terrors. These are much worse than a nightmare and completely explains her inconsolable crying at night. It's sad news because there isn't much we can do to help her, she's essentially asleep when she's screaming/crying and she can't wake up, in fact, we're told not to wake her during a terror. The docs recommendation is to wake her before the anticipated episode, which has been at 10:30pm every night. Who wants to wake a sleeping baby? not us. But who wants to watch helplessly as she screams/cries/thrashes about? not us. Lesser of two evils I guess. So if anyone has any personal experiences or recommendations, we're open to anything at this point. We just pray they don't last long and they don't recur very frequently.
As for her stats, she now weighs in at 19 lbs 10 oz (25th percentile) and is 28 inches long (17th percentile). Her melon puts her in the 63rd percentile....she's got lots of brains up there!
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Wow, interesting about the night terrors. I hope for her sake and yours it's a brief thing! How do the dr's know that- I assume based on input from you guys (same time every night, etc.). Did the dr say at what age those can start?
I have no advice- good luck!
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