Wakes up Crying

I was thinking about this exact thing this morning! My daughter used to do the same thing. My son wakes up super happy every morning and hardly ever cries. He sleeps better (and naps better) than she did so maybe sleep has something to do with it? My daughter wakes up very happy now (but she's usually in bed with us) so maybe that makes all the difference.

I suggest getting her bottle before you go to her. If she's crying, what does an extra 30 seconds difference make? I'd make up the bottle at night then pop the top off and put it in the microwave for 30 secs.

Good luck!

I don't want this to sound like a lecture, just as helpful advice. Is there a reason that at 20 months she is still getting a bottle? Most babies are off the bottle at the age of 1 or a little after. She is almost two. She should be starting to give up sippy cups at this point and moving on to drinking out of a big girl cup. It's really bad for her teeth at that age to still be sucking on a bottle. I think it's time you say bye bye to the bottles and then there will be no more demand and no more warming up bottles. I do have to say that I still take the chill off of my kids milk in the morning when it's cold in the house. But, everyone is dressed, ready for school and sitting at the table eating breakfast at that point. It's going to be tough, at her age to get rid of the bottle, so you need to throw them out.....just like you would for a kid that needs to give up a pacifier. No more weaning her. If you have them in the house you will cave in and give it to her...trust me, we have all been there.

I remember being told that if the child wakes up crying, they aren't getting enough sleep. Can you try putting her to sleep earlier? Counter - intuitive, I know since you are trying to get her to sleep longer, but worth a try.

my daughter wakes up crying sometimes but if I leave her alone for a few minutes she wakes up fully and stops crying. And sometims she will put herself back to sleep. Sometimes they just need a few minutes to fully wake up or go back to sleep for another hour. If I go to her too soon she is a mess for a while. She is a year old.

Yep, my daughter did.
It was usually when she did not get a FULL nap or sleep.
She was then, not a good waker-upper.
And when she woke, she was not FULLY "awake" yet... but would be real fussy and not in her normal demeanor.

My daughter was like that since infancy.... and she gradually grew out of it.
She was just more.... sensitive to her body's cues and sleep or lack of it.

Some adults even, wake up SO grumpy! Not a morning person at all.

Is your daughter napping during the day?
She could just be really lacking sleep... being over-tired actually... makes a child not be able to get a good sleep and they wake more and do not fall asleep well, either.

Or could your daughter be teething????

Is she really hungry when she wakes up? Maybe a snack right before bed will help the wake-up tantrum. While I agree that sometimes kids do wake up grouchy, screaming and crying may not be quite so normal.

It sounds like she's still really tired when she wakes up. Does she still nap? Is it a long one? If she's having a too-long nap, then her body may not be letting her get the full amount of nighttime sleep she's needing.

My daughter did the same thing, she would wake up EVERY morning crying, not hysterical or in tantrum, but just cried. I think to just get my attention to get her out of the crib. If I woke her up first, she was fine. The day that I converted her crib down to the toddler bed, at 29 months, was the day she stopped crying! If I had known, I would have converted to the toddler bed earlier. For getting your daughter to sleep longer in the morning, maybe think about cutting back her nap time a little. She may be getting too much sleep during the day. Good luck!