Comments on: The Truth About “Night Terrors” http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/the-truth-about-night-terrors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-truth-about-night-terrors Tips and advice on solving your child's sleep problems! Wed, 16 May 2012 23:34:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: catherine http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/the-truth-about-night-terrors/#comment-19735 catherine Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:44:58 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=57#comment-19735 My daughter is 3 and suffers night terrors she would have between 1-5 a night, when she is having one I can't stop her screaming and kicking no matter how hard I try, the only thing that seems to sooth her is her dummy/pacifier but I want to get her of it, how could I go about doing this? P.s she doesn't take the dummy/pacifier during the day or going to bed just when she has a terror, please help My daughter is 3 and suffers night terrors she would have between 1-5 a night, when she is having one I can’t stop her screaming and kicking no matter how hard I try, the only thing that seems to sooth her is her dummy/pacifier but I want to get her of it, how could I go about doing this? P.s she doesn’t take the dummy/pacifier during the day or going to bed just when she has a terror, please help

]]> By: Becky http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/the-truth-about-night-terrors/#comment-2730 Becky Wed, 20 May 2009 19:47:18 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=57#comment-2730 hi dana My son is 4 months old. He has a bed time routine(play, bath, eat, bed) he has 2-3 naps a day, ranging from 1 an1/2 hrs to 3. we start his routine at 7 and bed time is 8-9 o'clock. i even have some herbal cream that i rub under his nose( the smell would put anyone to sleep). he eats 2tsp of cereal and 8 ozs of formula before bed, fully burped but i give him a little bit of gripe water because its extremely hard to get them out if he is sleepy. with all this he still will only sleep 3-4hrs at a shot. when i give him his bottle at night he will only eat an oz or two before he goes back to sleep.(this im assuming is where he needs to learn the self sooth). but i have noticed that while he is a sleep he moans and wimpers, some times even breaking out in to a full out scream( something like when older kids are having nightmares or terrors) what could be causing this? i have started to play soothing music, it seems to help a little. is there anything a can do or change? please help. hi dana

My son is 4 months old. He has a bed time routine(play, bath, eat, bed) he has 2-3 naps a day, ranging from 1 an1/2 hrs to 3. we start his routine at 7 and bed time is 8-9 o’clock. i even have some herbal cream that i rub under his nose( the smell would put anyone to sleep). he eats 2tsp of cereal and 8 ozs of formula before bed, fully burped but i give him a little bit of gripe water because its extremely hard to get them out if he is sleepy. with all this he still will only sleep 3-4hrs at a shot. when i give him his bottle at night he will only eat an oz or two before he goes back to sleep.(this im assuming is where he needs to learn the self sooth). but i have noticed that while he is a sleep he moans and wimpers, some times even breaking out in to a full out scream( something like when older kids are having nightmares or terrors) what could be causing this? i have started to play soothing music, it seems to help a little. is there anything a can do or change? please help.

]]> By: Natasa http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/the-truth-about-night-terrors/#comment-2387 Natasa Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:12:53 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=57#comment-2387 Hi, My son is 2 years and 8 months. He used to be a good sleeper, always settled himself to sleep after a nice evening routine and didn't wake up until about 6.30am. About 1.5 months ago he was in hospital because he needed to take IV antibiotics. He was not in pain nor did he have to stay in bed so he could play during the day. We were there with him - me during the day and my husband (his dad) during the night (as we have a 6 months old baby so I couldn't stay overnight). Since he returned from the hosp he is waking up 3-4 times a night crying. Sometimes it looks like he is having nightmares, other times he just wants water, a teddy, a cuddle, etc. So we think he just wants attention and we try to ignore when he starts crying during the night. But he gets to the state that he goes out of his room and then we return him back to bed trying to be very boring, don't talk or give him any special attention. We've even tried your method of taking his favourite cushion and only returning it when he goes back to bed and stops crying. However, he is still waking up calling us or crying very much (even though after we come to his room and say all is ok he settles back to sleep by himself). He knows numbers already and knows that he needs to stay in bed until 6.40am because any other number before that is still night... He is not having regular afternoon naps any more even though he still goes to his room to have a rest at least. Please help what we could do to stop his night waking and crying. Thanks. Hi,
My son is 2 years and 8 months. He used to be a good sleeper, always settled himself to sleep after a nice evening routine and didn’t wake up until about 6.30am. About 1.5 months ago he was in hospital because he needed to take IV antibiotics. He was not in pain nor did he have to stay in bed so he could play during the day. We were there with him – me during the day and my husband (his dad) during the night (as we have a 6 months old baby so I couldn’t stay overnight). Since he returned from the hosp he is waking up 3-4 times a night crying. Sometimes it looks like he is having nightmares, other times he just wants water, a teddy, a cuddle, etc. So we think he just wants attention and we try to ignore when he starts crying during the night. But he gets to the state that he goes out of his room and then we return him back to bed trying to be very boring, don’t talk or give him any special attention. We’ve even tried your method of taking his favourite cushion and only returning it when he goes back to bed and stops crying. However, he is still waking up calling us or crying very much (even though after we come to his room and say all is ok he settles back to sleep by himself). He knows numbers already and knows that he needs to stay in bed until 6.40am because any other number before that is still night… He is not having regular afternoon naps any more even though he still goes to his room to have a rest at least.
Please help what we could do to stop his night waking and crying.
Thanks.

]]> By: shane http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/the-truth-about-night-terrors/#comment-2364 shane Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:49:18 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=57#comment-2364 I am a big believer in the fact that if the child is sleeping too warm will bring on a night terror. I have a 15 year old and now an 18 month old and pattern is very similar. Usually within the first 2 hours of going to bed they start screaming with a blank look, looking straight past you etc. the other common factor was they both would be sweating alot. When my 15 year old used to do it I had to go in after the 1st hour and remove the quilt off her feet to regulate her warmth, our 18 month old now has a fan not directed on her but just to circulate the air better, this seems to have helped enormously. Warm in my opinion is the main factor, I also had night terrors as a child and wonder if it is a genetic thing too. I am a big believer in the fact that if the child is sleeping too warm will bring on a night terror. I have a 15 year old and now an 18 month old and pattern is very similar. Usually within the first 2 hours of going to bed they start screaming with a blank look, looking straight past you etc. the other common factor was they both would be sweating alot. When my 15 year old used to do it I had to go in after the 1st hour and remove the quilt off her feet to regulate her warmth, our 18 month old now has a fan not directed on her but just to circulate the air better, this seems to have helped enormously. Warm in my opinion is the main factor, I also had night terrors as a child and wonder if it is a genetic thing too.

]]> By: Yvonne http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/the-truth-about-night-terrors/#comment-2306 Yvonne Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:40:44 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=57#comment-2306 My frequently wakes up crying and inconsolable saying that some part of his body hurts, usually a leg or a foot. Once it was both legs. It does not seem like it is a charley horse, but I ask him to stand anyway, that doesn't seem to help. It usually lasts about two hours and it is very hard to get him back to sleep. I have no idea if it's in his head or real. What should I do? My frequently wakes up crying and inconsolable saying that some part of his body hurts, usually a leg or a foot. Once it was both legs. It does not seem like it is a charley horse, but I ask him to stand anyway, that doesn’t seem to help. It usually lasts about two hours and it is very hard to get him back to sleep. I have no idea if it’s in his head or real. What should I do?

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