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Babies: 3 - 6 Months
MsDragonfly
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Night terrors......really????
MsDragonfly
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I called the pedi today cause for the past week, my LO has been waking up at night anywhere between 1/2 hour to 1 hr after I put him to bed, screaming. There is no warning sign leading up to this such as fussing, rolling around, he will be sleeping so silently and then the next he is screaming bloody murder and is actually weeping. I would rush in, pick him up, comfort him, shush him and bounce him right back to sleep. Sometimes he would burp when I pick him up but I really don't think that is the reason for such a blood curdling scream because if it was the gas in his stomach he would calm down right away, but when this happens it might take 5 to 10 minutes to calm him down and he goes right back to sleep and he doesn't wake up for another 5-6 hours. In watching him in the monitor before I can get to him it just seems as if something scared him.
So the pedi told me today that infants can have night terrors. WHAT???? I asked, how in the world can such a new life with no bad experiences have night terrors. So I google it and well enough there are such things as night terrors in infants; however, from what I researched they can start as early as 9 months. My LO is almost 6 months. I'm not sure if I buy this or not. Has anyone else been told this about their LO at such a young age or do you have any more information about this that you can share? What do you think? Any suggestions are welcome.
Couple other points of interest: This only happens at night and my LO does have reflux that is under controll.
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Re: Night terrors......really????
Yes, I have heard about night terrors in infants (it was brought up before on this board, I believe!), though I don't think it's common. I'll quote you the section on night terrors from Dr. Weissbluth's Healthy Sleep Habits just because I have it on hand, and you asked for any information that we could share:
"Night terrors, sleepwalking, and sleep talking all occur mainly during non-REM sleep and usually within two hours of going to sleep. They usually do not occur when we dream (during REM sleep); they are not bad dreams. (emphasis mine) In fact, children have no memory of them once they are awake.
Night terrors usually start between four and twelve years of age...Night Terrors have appear more often when a child has a fever or when sleep patterns are disrupted naturally, such as on long trips, during school vacations, during holidays, or when relatives come to visit. Recurrent night terrors are also often associated with chronically abnormal sleep schedules.
Enabling them to get more sleep is the way of treating overtired children who have frequent night terrors. I have observed that night terrors disappear when the parents moved the bedtime earlier by only 30 minutes."
DD wakes up screaming like she is terrified too sometimes. It sounds like she was having a bad dream. It isn't every night but it is shortly after putting her down.
Not sure why this happens. I find myself wondering if she glanced at the TV and saw something scary? No idea. The human mind is very complex... so who the heck knows. I think they will be okay though!
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