Night Terrors at 1?

Stephanie - posted on 06/30/2009

My son had night terrors right before he turned 2. We had just tried to break him from the bottle. He would wake up in the mid of the night and start screaming and running around the room like he was scared half to death. He didnt know who me or his father was he wouldnt come near us and made me feel like we were the bad guys. He did this for a week until we gave the bottle back. I will nvr break my child cold turkey like that again. He got off the bottle himself not even 2 days later. He chewed the nipple off and didnt want it anymore!

Chrystal - posted on 06/28/2009

My oldest daughter had night terrors from the time she was 2 until she turned 5. She would wake up in the middle of the night screaming, crying, or even sleep walk. I was freaked bc she was unconsolable but then would fall back to sleep after a while. Then one night when she did this I told her to wake up. I kept telling her Nova wake up..Nova wake up...and kept asking her to look at mommy..it was crazy bc she finally just looked at me and was like what mommy and seemed unfazed. She finally out grew the terrors and stopped having them but still now and then sleep walks...so u might want to try and make sure she is fully awake...ask her questions and make her wake up fully and see if that helps.

Julie - posted on 06/28/2009

True night terrors are appropriately named. My daughter had her first when she was about 1 1/2. Her most recent attack was at 4 years old! She is inconsolable and rigid when I try to rock her. I've been told that you're not supposed to wake a child during a night terror. However, I've actually had better luck waking her in a dimly lit room. As a last resort, give it a try. Just hold her, rock her and talk to her calmly asking her to wake up and that she's having a bad dream & mommy is here.

Lyndsay - posted on 06/25/2009

This has happened to my son too. Usually I will offer him a drink of water first (sometimes he just wakes up thirsty) and if that doesn't work I will cuddle and try to console him. If this doesn't work I just put him back into his bed and let him cry himself to sleep. I know it sounds mean but what else is there to do?

Michelle - posted on 06/25/2009

Thanks so much, she is teething so that could have been it. She also listens to music at night, I hadn't thought of turning it back on for her. Thanks for all the advice!

Jennifer - posted on 06/25/2009

My daughter started having night terrors right around the same age. I felt so bad because it didn't seem like I could console her. I mainly had to wait for her to grow out of it (she is almost 2). She has always slept with music on so I just made sure to keep it at a decent volume so she could hear it & hopefully that would calm her down. I also rocked & sang to her for a bit to slow her breathing. Don't worry you'll figure out what works best for your baby. It will be hard if it continues but she should grow out of it.

Torey - posted on 06/24/2009

Hello Michelle,



I understand what you are talking about because my twin girls have just went thru that same problem. My youngest one happen to have a double ear infection. While my oldest one just turn out to be her teeth or sore throat from a mild virus she had. What you did was great because that was what I did with them when it happen. Hope that it gets better for you.



Torey

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Quita - posted on 06/24/2009

Is she teething possibly the back teeth you may not see them and there may be no warning signs .

Other than that some times yes they wake up screaming for no reason at all. one or two things you can do is hugs and sing songs or put on some soft classical music and rock to sleep. if it seems to start to be come a habit you may have to do the reassure she ok rub her back for a couple of mins and then walk away after about 5mins if still crying do the same again repeat if necessary. You may have to do it for a couple of nights then she should realize shes ok and just sleep through the night.

By the way what you did was the right thing well done and keep up the good work!!!!!