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Night Mares?

sjirishgirlsjirishgirl member
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DD has been having issues sleeping lately. Some night she sleeps great others she wakes up in a panic. She will fall back asleep in my arms and I can get her into bed but as I close the door she pops back up screaming.
Anyone else go through this.

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Re: Night Mares?

  • PetuniaFeatherbottomPetuniaFeatherbottom member
    Not uncommon, really. But probably not nightmares. Kids can only dream when they have memories, and they don't get memories until after 2. (A study my mom read, makes sense). Your LO might have some darkness fear or just missing you. Ours just turned 22 months and used to do that, but hasn't in a while. Keep a night light and or a hall light on, and try to maintain a routine, like snack, bath, book, bedtime, so she is used to going through that. Good luck!
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  • acbfreireacbfreire member
    My pedi said they can have nightmares and DD has been having them. They do have memories (may be even someone they saw earlier in the day, so it doesn't have to be long term memory). Plus, they "act out' their dreams, which adults don't, so that wakes them up too. My pedi explained this to me when DD was younger than a year.
    DD had a really bad one a few days ago. She woke up screaming and wanted out of bed!
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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member
    We hit this around 21/22 months, which is around the same time my friends starting experiencing it with their kids.

    At our kids ages, I know it's dream-related.  My friend's son was very verbal at an early age and he would wake up crying about spiders and being scared.   My son talks in his sleep, so I know he's dreaming.  Often before he wakes crying he's yelling "daddy stop" or "no wannie" while asleep.

    However, at 14 months, I wonder if it's more separation anxiety than bad dreams.  I know my son went through a very bad separation anxiety period shortly after turning one, and I've heard it peaks at 16-18 months.  While before this time, she may have awoken, and went back to sleep.  It's possible that now when she wakes, she realizes she's alone, and that's scary for her.
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