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Night Terrors

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How do I make them stop or at least limit DDs reaction?  She is waking up every night, usually at least twice (last night was 4 times) and she screams and kicks and everyone else in the house is woken up.  She is constantly exhausted because she is not getting enough sleep.  I am supposed to be moving DD2 out of my bed (so DH can move back into it, from the couch) and there is no way I can move DD2 into the same bedroom as the screaming 3 year old.  For a few weeks the lavendar lotion seemed to help things.  Then they came back.  Sleeping with a second nightlight on (aka bright as day bedroom) has not helped.  Sitting quietly reading books before bed has not helped.  Early bedtime, late bedtime does not seem to have any influence on it.  I'm seriously out of ideas.  Help?!?!
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Re: Night Terrors

  • chelwig89chelwig89 member

    My daughter just went through this for about 6 months, and it sucks! I know this is horrible, but I put a TV in her room and played something that continuously played like a Dora or Diego DVD. It's not ideal by any meals, but like you, I was out of ideas. About half of the time she would wake up screaming and start watching it again and go back to sleep... but she still ended up in our bed about 6 nights a week.

    I had got this https://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_10104_024W023321780001P?prdNo=4&blockNo=4&blockType=G4 for her when she was a baby and she recently started liking it again, so I make sure it's in bed with her every night and remind her that it's there, and that if she wakes up at night to squeeze him and he'll sing to her and keep her safe. It seems to help a lot!

    I also used to give her a cup of milk to take to bed, and I recently switched to water, so idk if the milk gave her belly aches or if it's just a coincidence, but she's been sleeping better since then, too.

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  • dazidogdazidog

    We saw a sleep specialist for DD #1's night terrors/sleep issues. She told us there really is nothing you can do about the night terrors besides let them run their course. Ultimately they could be due to extra stress in the child's life, even something you may not see as stressful. When DD's night terrors increase in frequency we always try to talk to her (during the day) to see if we can find out if anything is bothering her. Of course a toddler doesn't always give you a straight answer and maybe sometimes it has nothing to do with her stress....always a guessing game.

    We were just told when she is having the night terror to leave her be, don't touch her, talk to her, or try to wake her up.

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