My 4 yr old DS has had bouts of night terrors as a 2 and 3 year old. They came around firework time of year and stopped when the fireworks stopped. However, last night he ran out of bed really scared after a nightmare and it was quite different from the terrors that we've seen.
With the terrors it was like he didn't even know we were there and it was a case of waiting it out and he would settle within 30 minutes. Last night, he kept running out of bed to us, really frightened and even woke up screaming after falling asleep in our bed.
We were burgled recently and though we haven't told him the full details, he knows our car has gone and that we have a new (v loud) burglar alarm; he's a bit worried about this.
We all had a crap night's sleep so can any of you help us please? Any tips for calming his anxiety?
thanks in advance
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LowLevelWhingeing · 28/10/2009 13:21
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