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Night terrors--anyone's kids have them?
funchicken
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I'm pretty sure DD had one last night. This was the first time it's ever happened, but it was very unnerving. We got her settled down and she slept through the rest of the night, but I really hope this isn't going to be a regular thing.
If your child had them what was your experience? Did you identify a trigger?
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Re: Night terrors--anyone's kids have them?
Ugh. We went through months of this with DD1. She would wake up screaming and inconsolable, we'd get her nearly settled, and she'd start with the screaming again. She couldn't really explain what was wrong, and it was so frustrating.
For us, it often coincided with not eating enough dinner. Giving her a snack would calm her and help her sleep again. I still warn her that if she doesn't eat a good dinner, she'll have bad dreams -- because it was true, and I don't want to go through that again. :P
Sometimes we'd watch an episode of a TV show she liked and that would work. Other times, it was enough to turn on a bunch of lights and walk around the house with her until whatever had triggered the incident was worked out of her head.
It did eventually pass.
DD1, 1/5/2008 ~~~ DD2, 3/17/2010
S was running around screaming, and she wasn't responding to us. After a few minutes, I turned on all the lights and she started to wake up enough to realize she had to go to the bathroom. She was so groggy she got her pajamas wet, and this morning she noticed that she was wearing different ones and asked why.
It's interesting that your DD's were triggered by hunger. I was wondering if S's was due to reflux. She had two stomach bugs back to back in April, and she developed reflux because of it. The symptoms weren't getting better, so I stopped giving her milk about two weeks ago. Last night at dinner was the first time I'd let her have any--I definitely won't give her any tonight.
DD will scream in her sleep every few weeks or so - too tired to find another pattern, lol. She is in a crib and doesn't have the ability yet to get out due to her motor/strength issues, so if she is really screaming I will go in and check and usually her eyes are closed. Because I have been told/read that if you wake them they can become more disoriented, scared, thrash about - I make sure she is safe in her crib and not repeatedly hitting her head or anything - and just ride it out via the monitor. I did not see your sig so I am not sure if you can use soft bed rails or anything or very very slightly re-arrange/safety her room at all. Also they will not remember things in the morning.
DD has a lot of vomiting issues, choking, reflux, etc and is being followed for that. I do notice an increase in crying that can lead to the screaming with more dairy products.
I hate night terrors! DS gets them, for about 4 months he got them most weeks. It was so bad. He will get them every now and then, but not as often as he used to. They usually come when he is overtired. If he doesn't get enough energy out during the day, or doesn't eat as much, or has a general bad day he is more likely to get them. It happens about 2 hours after he falls asleep, the terror will last 15 minutes to over an hour. Nothing calms him down, and we just try to comfort him and make sure he doesn't hurt himself while flailing about. The first time it happened we almost took him to the ER because we had no idea what was going on. We called the nurse hotline and they told us it was a night terror.
I understand what you are going through, hang in there!
Thanks!