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Toddlers: 24 Months+
Typical 2 yr old Nightmares or something else? Long, but please help!
My 2 yr old has never really had a problem sleeping in his own bed or being afraid of the dark, but lately he wakes up at night crying and fearful. I go to him to comfort and reassure him that everything is okay, but I have to admit my own imagination is getting the best of me. Usually I wake up in the middle of the night to him crying for mommy and either saying something about monsters or saying "go away". Sometimes he also points to his doorway while saying these things. He is fairly easy to console and if usually appears to have been sleeping soundly before hand because his eyes lids are still heavy. We are the third owners of this home and shortly after we moved in we noticed small red crosses smeared in the door jams of our exterior doors...all of them had at least one overhead, sometimes on the sides too. I tried to search online for the meaing, but never found anything. We met the previous owners who were moving back to Inida so their kids could be closer to their grandparents. I wonder if they put the crosses there or the first owner. Otherwise, nothing wierd has happened. Our dog and cat don't seem to be acting wierd or fearful and they say that dogs can sense bad energy or supernatural things. From what I've read on nightmares, they usually happen in the second half of the night which is the case with my son too. Does anyone have any suggestions to put both his and my mind at ease? My husband is taking it seriously, but tells me he thinks it's normal nightmares and we can't let my son watch "Monsters Inc" anymore (it's one of my son's fav movies).
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Re: Typical 2 yr old Nightmares or something else? Long, but please help!
Yes, I agree with pper. My DS has these sometimes and my brother also had them. He sometimes is alseep but looks awake and is having a nightmare. My brother used to cry that the covers were flying and ask my mom to pull them back down. I seem to remember reading something about this being more common in boys and very common from toddler through early childhood. I'm not sure if there is anything you can do, my DS has then very infrequently, but if it's consistent I would check with the pedi just to be sure.
The red crosses sound a little weird, but it was probably a religious thing or something.
This happened with my DD was 2 years old too. Our pedi told us that nightmares and night terrors are very common at the age of 2. She recommended we get some books about nightmares/monsters (the Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss). She also recommended that I put stuffed animals in her bed and tell her that they are here to protect her. We also have the soothing turtle (I forget the name)--the one that lights up with stars and a moon on the ceiling. These all helped. She no longer has nightmares.