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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...
Toddler's Night Terrors
Asked by K.V. from Omaha
on March 6, 2007
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My (almost) 2 year old has started having night terrors, and I have no idea why! We read her happy stories, say prayers, and give lots of good night kisses at bedtime...
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- Hi Kaite, My 13 month old son has night terrors too. There is not anything you can to stop them or prevent them. However make sure your daughter gets plenty of res...
- My daughter is 15 months old and she has had night terrors since she was about 6 months old, which is extremely rare. You can do as many happy things as possible befor...
- Hun we went through the same thing with our daughter. She would wake up screaming & not even open her eyes. She would be so upset she would make herself throw up. Y...
Night Terrors
Asked by L.C. from Fresno
on August 23, 2007
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My 6 year old son just started having night terrors. His dad and I are devorced and we tried to be together again this january. My oldest started doing better with s...
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- Doesn't sound like dad handled the situation very well. You need to explain to your son why the pics are down, much like you explained why you and daddy were'nt going...
- Hi there, Have you ever heard of using flower essences for your children? These are homeopathic-type remedies that can be very helpful in easing emotional ups & do...
- Can you get him into counseling either at scholl or outside of school? Divorce is very hard to deal with. I was 13 when my parents did and it was very hard for me even...
Night Terrors??
Asked by C.N. from Chicago
on January 19, 2007
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Hello, I need a little help! My daughter is almost 5 years old and has been a good sleeper up til now. She's been waking up every night and crying. I ask the doctor an...
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- My two older daughters experienced night terrors. They'd babble and talk in their sleep at a 100 miles/minute. Their eyes would be wide open and it seemed like they ...
- Has anything changed in her life new school, new anything check that I hate to say this but could anyone be hurting her you just never know and I know, know mom wants ...
- My daughter also has had night terrors. They don't remember a thing in the morning. It's actually a form of sleep walking...just another type of sleep disorder. Nig...
Nightmares Vs. Night Terrors
Asked by M.M. from Syracuse
on June 19, 2009
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Hi Parents,
Lately my 3 year old has been waking up in the middle of the night screaming. One night he was screaming that there was a bat in his room and even went in...
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- I like that idea the one mom had of leaving his feet bare..... that could really work! Good luck. My older son used to walk and even run & talk in his sleep. One time,...
- I agree, definetly NOT a nightterror as he is conscious, you can talk to him and he understands and he remembers the next morning. Try to find out where he could be ge...
- Night terrors are neurologically-based. There's nothing wrong and they are very common. Essentially, the neurons fire and the child experiences the feeling of "terro...
4-Yr Old Who Refuses to Sleep in Room
Asked by J.H. from Sacramento
on May 5, 2008
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I was on the phone last night with one of my dear girlfriend's and she was telling about her son who is 4. She is starting to get desperate for some help in her dilemm...
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- If he is sharing a room she needs to take him to the store to pick his own comforter to make his space his own and maybe put on some soft music for him. She can show h...
- This is a tough one since it has been going on for so long... but I think she may just need to put her foot down and tell him that starting tonight, he will be sleepin...
- When my daughter was about that age she became deathly afraid of spiders. If she saw a spider in the car she wouldn't sit in that seat any more. If she saw a spider ...
3 Year Old with Night Terrors
Asked by T.C. from Washington DC
on January 25, 2008
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We have a wonderful three year old, very bright and energetic, but also definitely in a limit-testing phase. We also have 17 month old twins, so she has had to learn ...
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- Hi T., I have a daughter who had night terrors at that age. They started at 18 mos. and she is now 7. She still has them occasionally but at age 3 they were much mo...
- Dear T., I am a grandmothjer of a 17 month old that has night terrors. I found out that if he gets a good nap during the day (at least 1 1/2 hours) and doesn't ...
- My daughter once went through a period of night terrors when she was older than yours, but I thought I'd share in case there's some sort of connection. Mine was a good...
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...
14 Mos Old Waking Screaming and with Stiff as a Board Body
Asked by N.W. from Detroit
on January 14, 2009
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My 14 mos old daughter has now done this about 6 times. She will wake after being asleep about 3 hours (once she did it as I was putting her to bed) screaming, not cr...
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- My son had the same problem around the same time; it was a hernia. He had surgery and was all better. He had been waking like that for a bit. I thought teething, ear i...
- I would make the drs appt asap... The only 2 things that come to mind for me is #1. Does she have a stuborn streak about 6 miles wide? or #2. Some type of seizur...
- Talk to a doctor and listen closely to her at night. My son does that after a seizure. He has febrile seizures, and they are scary, but I always wake up to the seizure...
Toddler Nightmares?
Asked by L.M. from Syracuse
on October 18, 2008
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My 2 year old son is waking up in the middle of his afternoon naps crying. He is just screaming and it takes several minutes to settle him down. He is usually sweaty...
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- Hi L., Yup, I've been there. My son did the same thing during naps, and occasionally during the night. It was very scary. I was sure he was dreaming, but what could...
- im so glad that you posted this request. i have been thinking of posting the same thing but felt a lil silly about it. my son is 28 months and is going through the sam...
- Hi. I think my almost 2 year old(22 month old) is going through the same thing and I am not sure if it is night/sleep terrors or not. He is often waking up from his ...
