I do genuinely think I might be being overtired and hormonal but after nearly a month of night terrors I am ready to hit out at whatever I can find excuse to!
About 1-2 months ago, MIL came for a regular visit and brought her usual bag of books with her which ds1 loves and they read them all repeatedly. Now I love MIL to bits but when I overheard this particular book I could have strangled her. It was all about monsters under the bed and obviously ends up saying that it's not a problem (can't remember if the monsters were friendly or not there or what, but you get the idea). But ds1 at only just 2 had never, ever, ever heard or worried about or been afraid of monsters under his wretched bed until then. He'd only ever woken with teething, cold, hunger etc in all his short life. We've not been precious about books with lions or sharks in or whatever, but it had been nothing like Monsters Under the Bed.
Since then he has had night terrors. He wakes sobbing and can't stop. I know sometimes he's woken for cold or illness but then he thinks about these monsters crawling about under his bed. That is of course as far as we can work out. Usually he is incoherent and just the odd word makes it through.
Am I being all PFB about this? Is it normal for children to just start imagining monsters with no reason at this age? Can I reasonably phone MIL every night around 2-3am and then around 5am when ds1 is inconsolable for 30 minutes and make her listen and grovel?
The fact that ds2 (6mo) is waking 2-4 times a night for bf and they alternate to ensure I get no more than 2 hrs a night is probably causing me to react more bitterly than I should too...