Waking at Night
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18 Month Old with Night Terrors?
Asked by B.P. from Pittsburgh
on April 27, 2008
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I am pretty sure that my 18 month old son is having night terrors. His father had them when he was this age. Last night at midnight my son woke up with blood curdlin...
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- Hi B., My heart goes out to you! I rmeember when my oldest daughter had night terrors. It scares the ---- out of you! The doctors told me that there was nothing I coul...
- My 4 year old son has them and has had them for about a year and a half- 2 yrs now. When he's overtired they are worse. Also, I took his heavy comforter off of his bed...
- Hi B., I definately feel for you with the night terrors. It's scary and upsetting to see your child react like that especially when you can't seem to make it better!...
6 Yr Old with Night Terrors
Asked by J.S. from Minneapolis
on October 14, 2008
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A friend of mine is looking for help with her 6 year old. He started having night terrors when he was 1, and is still having them 2-3 times/week. He wakes the rest o...
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- My daughter has night terrors and it was horrible! I feel for your friend. We also monitored what she watched on TV as well as what she ate before bed. We tried to ...
- I have a friend who's son had night terrors and my 2 year old has started having them from time to time and she said what her doctor told her to do was wake her son up...
- My son used to have night terrors. What we did was have him count backwards. I can't remember exactly how this worked - had something to do to making the brain funct...
Mom Seeking Help Dealing with Night Terrors
Asked by A.D. from Seattle
on March 14, 2007
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Yesterday my sons pediatrician told me based on the information I gave him my 2 year old son is having whats called night terrors. They don't know what causes it or h...
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- My son had some night terrors so I researched it. Some things that may cause them are having a few days in a row where his schedule is changed or he has had overwhelmi...
- Night terrors do go away but in the meantime the baby does feel the terror. Go in to him, cuddle him, reassure him, perhaps stay with him until he's asleep. I'm 64...
- Hi A., I am pretty certain my daughter has these as well. She is not quite 2 1/2 but she wakes up screaming and from my view point irrational and I have never been...
My 9 Month Old Possibly Having Night Terrors
Asked by F.L. from Los Angeles
on July 20, 2010
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A couple of weeks ago my daughter would wake up maybe one or two nights of the week where she would be crying and screaming wide awake..i would try to put her back dow...
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- It might be night terrors, but if the problem is as bad as you say you may want to call your pediatrician. My son had the same problem around that age and everyone tol...
- Take her to get her ears checked. If she has an ear infection, laying on her back can really increase the pressure. My son showed no signs of an ear infection (no fe...
- When a child has night terrors they don't wake up. Nothing is actually 'scaring' them, it's like their brain can't shut off. They have no memory the next day and wou...
2 1/2 Year Old Having Night Terrors
Asked by S.B. from Terre Haute
on March 12, 2008
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My husband travels throughout the year for weeklong trips, and then for longer duration of time in the summer. Lately, my 2 1/2 year-old daughter has begun having "nig...
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- I had this happen to me when my two older girls (Now 11 (almost 12) and 10 year olds) dad left me. My 10 year old was just getting ready to turn 2 when he left. And he...
- My child did the same thing when my husband nd I were separated. I would bring her down and lay her on the couch. She would promptly roll over and go right to sleep....
- My 5 year old son used to have night terrors until I saw a naturapath and put him on a high dose magnesium, which relaxes the body. His night terrors were very upsett...
7 Year Old Having Night Terrors
Asked by S.S. from San Francisco
on April 23, 2008
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About 4 years ago my son began having these aweful episodes, which I assumed were nightmares, where we can't calm him down. He sees things and yells at us to watch ou...
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- Hello Sylvia, I too have a 7 year old boy with major night terrors. We tried everything from sleeping with us to , praying with him nightly, to light blanklets. We...
- My son had terrible night terrors also. Thankfully he seems to have grown out of them. He probably had them for about a year or two. I sympathize with you--it's so ...
- My now eleven year old son went through a period (two years ago) where he was having night terrors every night for more than three months. I did a great deal of resear...
Daughter Having Night Terrors?
Asked by A.J. from Dallas
on June 3, 2008
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Hi, I am the mother of a beautiful 6 month old daughter. Over the last month or so I have heard her doing what I thought was crying. When I get to her she is still s...
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- My son did this as a baby too. I think it must be normal and is more upsetting to us than them. He also has had screaming night terrors when he was older. Those are...
- My 4 year old started having these as a baby too. We called 911 when he had the first one and the fire department came to the house. We thought he was having a seizure...
- Hi A.! My 9m old son does the same thing and has since he was only a few weeks old! All we do is just hold him to us and talk softly to him. We even take him around t...
6 Year Old with Night Terrors
Asked by A.B. from Denver
on June 24, 2012
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Every single night for the past 9 days now, my 6 year old son has been woken up with night terrors. He screams and cries and when my husband and I ask him whats wrongs...
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- My dd says she sees things in her room too and will run into our room. This has decreased as she has gotten older, but it temporarily got worse when we changed her ro...
- Adrenal hormones can play a large part in nightmares. Cortisol is the hormone im talking about. Also, many people with sleeping issues usually have an underlying me...
- I don't know if this is really night terrors, A.. Usually with night terrors, a child can't really communicate much at all, especially to the degree you are talking a...
14 Month Old Waking up at Night ~ Night Terrors??
Asked by N.G. from Detroit
on December 6, 2007
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I'm a first time mommy with a question about night terrors. Recently, my son has been waking up in the middle of the night or during his naps crying. Yesterday he wa...
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- Hi!! Night terrors are complete screaming and crying for up to 45 minutes where you cannot console the child and they do not remember them in the morning. They are li...
- N., a lot times when they wake up like that, its ears. Or could he possibly be cutting molars? When my son cut his, it was terrible! Good luck!
- My daughter is also going through this at 20 months old. Although they CAN have night terrors at this young age, it more likely an ear infection because of the cold f...
Help please...Does Anyone Have Experience with Night Terrors in Toddlers?
Asked by L.S. from Toledo
on December 18, 2007
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My 20 month old has been screaming "no" repetively in her sleep. It starts about 4 hours after we put her to bed. It can last up to an hour or more. If I wake her i...
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- Oh. Yes!!! My son who is now almost eight had the worst case ever. 2-3 time per night. 4 or 5 days per week for 2 1/2 years!!! But I must say that as a RN at a ch...
- My daughter experienced night terrors at the age of 2 through 3! It is not fun!! All I can say is that I did research on it, read books and consulted my Pediatrician...
- Hi L., I actually have a 6 year old that still has them. We have been to two seperate sleep specialist and nothing as been "resolved" regarding her sleep issues. It...
