My DD is almost 2 months old, my first child.
One issue that I feel very helpless about is that on certain days, she will very frequently jolt awake from her sleep sounding very frightened, sometimes we can sooth her but other times she will cry uncontrollably and it takes a while to calm her down.
There are so many theories online, like nightmare, reflux, etc.
I am interested in a solution, so far we have tried to swaddle more tightly, put a bigger buckwheat pillow, etc. But the only thing that seem to work is to let her sleep on her tummy, but I don't feel safe doing that as I don't know if she will suddenly face down and suffocate, so I only do it with her sleeping on my tummy.
Is there anyone else who encountered the same issue and what did you do which is effective in making things better, even make such episodes go away?
One issue that I feel very helpless about is that on certain days, she will very frequently jolt awake from her sleep sounding very frightened, sometimes we can sooth her but other times she will cry uncontrollably and it takes a while to calm her down.
There are so many theories online, like nightmare, reflux, etc.
I am interested in a solution, so far we have tried to swaddle more tightly, put a bigger buckwheat pillow, etc. But the only thing that seem to work is to let her sleep on her tummy, but I don't feel safe doing that as I don't know if she will suddenly face down and suffocate, so I only do it with her sleeping on my tummy.
Is there anyone else who encountered the same issue and what did you do which is effective in making things better, even make such episodes go away?