Megan woke up at 12:40 extremely unhappy. She was going crazy and was still at it 12 minutes later. I decided to try a new approach, something that we had tried in the past, but didn't work; but Megan is different now so I figured it was worth a shot. I went into her room and got in bed with her. I told her she had to lie down or I would have to leave. Previously she would have sat up every 5-8 seconds and have to be told to lie down and most of the time helped to do it.
Last night she didn't sit up one time. She did pick her head up a few times but quickly laid it back down when instructed. I ran my fingers through her hair and stroked her face and told her I was sorry she was awake and that mommy and daddy were working very hard to help her so that she didn't have to hurt anymore. I tried rubbing her tummy but she was clearly in pain and didn't want me touching it. I tried to rub her head, again she immediately moved my hand. Based on what we know is going on and what she has been exposed to I assume her stomach was in pain and she had a headache. :-(
I was able to soothe her for 15 minutes or so before she started feeling better. Once she started feeling better she continued to obey and lie down but she started kicking her legs, etc. Everything from the waist down was in motion. I told her it was time for me to leave and as expected she was not happy about it. She screamed for about 10 minutes and then calmed down and started playing. I handed the monitor off to Will so I could get some sleep (1 am and hadn't gone to sleep yet) and he took over. He said she played until 2, cried until 2:30 and was asleep sometime between 2:30-3a.
It is currently 7:30 and she is still asleep. She has had about 10 hours of total sleep at this point.
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