Does this sound like a night terror:
Last night my 5yo ds woke up hysterically screaming. He responded to me calling him with "what?" and answered basic questions to which we found out he didn't need the loo, wasn't thirsty, and wasn't hungry. He kept saying he was wobbling, and he was clearly terrified as his pulse was high and he was trembling.
Nothing we said to him about going back to sleep seemed to be even acknowledged by him so in the end I pretended I was in his dream . I cuddled him and said he couldn't be wobbling because mummy had him and mummy wasn't wobbling. He calmed enough to lay down again, and I snuggled up to him until he fell back to sleep.
This had happened several times before but last night is the only timed we've managed to calm him down and get him back to sleep, we've also never joined in his dream before so wondering If there's a connection?
It seemed more than a nightmare and I've heard of night terrors before I just never considered them before.
If it is night terrors what do we do to stop them? Can they be stopped? Any advice is much appreciated.
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IsolatedAndAlone · 26/06/2011 07:23
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