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Night Terrors

JennyCupcakes01JennyCupcakes01 member
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
Before I ask for suggestions, I just want to clarify that yes we've taken our son to his pediatrician. He does not have an ear infection, he is not sick, we have not drastically changed his diet or his sleep schedule. 

My 1 year old, out of nowhere, started having night terrors. I was SO convinced he was just teething because there had been times when his first few teeth popped out that he would cry in the middle of the night. But the past few night have been totally different. Every hour he's screaming/crying in the middle of the night. I'll go in to console him and he just cries harder. I was told to not touch him, but instead soothe him with my voice but it doesn't even phase him. Sometimes he'll sit up and cry but his eyes are closed the entire time. And then he'll suddenly stop and go back to sleep, but it's not for long. An hour will go by and it starts all over again. I tried a night light, music, and keeping a quiet, calm environment before his bedtime and nothing is helping.

We are on night 3 of this. SO and I have had maybe a handful of hours of sleep and it's driving us crazy. I'm trying my hardest to be patient but it's wearing very thin and I'm just gonna lose it soon. I broke down crying last night because I felt so helpless and couldn't find any way to comfort him. 

Any other tips anyone can suggest to try and curb these intense episodes? 


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  • GillianB32GillianB32 member
    I know what you're speaking about. It is quite scary to see your kid like that... I am not really sure how to deal with that, and sometimes I feel like staying calm and not intervening might be the best option. I soothe LO until he stops and then lay him back down.

    However. There is one more thing I want to share here. My friend is Mexican and here is what she does. She passes an egg all over her kids' body and says a couple of prayers, it's supposed to get rid of the bad energy. She told me her husband gets a bit nervous when he sees that but I personally don't see anything wrong with that..Up to you to decide..
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  • thechickencoopthechickencoop member
    Not really helpful, but DS went through some nights like this too when he was about 18 months old.  There wasn't anything I was able to do and it went on for...maybe a month?  It wasn't every night, maybe a few times a week, but he would wake up screaming like I've never heard him scream before, eyes closed, just inconsolable.  The *only* thing I found that helped was to actually get him up and walk around with him.  I would just pat his back and sing to him and walk in a loop around our kitchen.  It was annoying as hell, but it passed.  Hang in there mama.
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  • Tara0604Tara0604 member
    Sadly, our family has been going through this for quite some time with our 20 month old son. I don't really have any solutions (yet), but we haven't taken the pacifier from him yet because it is the only thing that seems to sooth him when its happening. On the nights where it's really bad, I have taken him out of his crib and woken him up. Once up for a few mins, I put him back down and he doesn't seem to have anymore after that. I read that you should wake the child within 2 hours of going to sleep and then they should be good for the night, but I haven't personally tried this.

    Good Luck!
    -=- Tara -=-

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