My dd is 4 and has for a long time woken several times in the night calling out or crying. It is clear to me that she is suffering nightmares but she seems unable to speak to me about it or recall it in the morning. Quite often she is not actually awake although she will sometimes answer you. It is quite eerie on occasions as she will sometimes recoil from me as if I am frightening but I can see that she is not actually focused on me. This tends to co incide with her weeing in her nappy (this is something else we are working on - still not dry at night). I tried waking her once as she was screaming the house down and waking her brother but I've a feeling that you are not supposed to shock people awake in those circumstances. Has anyone got any experience of anything similar, do you have any strategies or any ideas on how to help her?
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