Sleepwalking from what age?

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My DD is 22 months and she has never ever been a good sleeper. The last few weeks though, she has started to sleep talk - in the car when she falls asleep she often murmurs or says clear words like "no". On a couple of occasions I have gone to her in the night and she doesn't really seem awake but has got out of bed, she then gets inconsolable.

Is she too young for sleepwalking? My H and I are both sleepwalkers/talkers so I wonder if this would make her more likely to do this? Does anyone have any experience/advice?

Not sure that I've any advice as such but our dd sleep walks/talks as well, she's 31months. We suspect it's been happening since she was around 2 as we get woken up from time to time by her crying inconsolably and have found her in various places round her room - theory being that she'd wandered out of bed and got disorientated. Ususally easy enough to settle her again once she's had a hug. Only really confirmed this recently as we were away and all sharing a room, she woke me up wandering round but when I went to see what was wrong realised she was asleep - got her back into bed without her ever waking. Dh and I would both talk in our sleep paticularly if going through any stresses. Dh has a tendancy to bring work concerns home in his sleep and has been known to shout for units of blood and various surgical kit in his sleep, mistaking me for theatre staff! I sleptwalked as a kid. Guessing it runs in families.

Only advice would be make sure things are safe if you think she's wandering at night - we keep the stairs gated etc although she's never made it out of her room yet. Other than that I think just deal with it calmly and give lots of hugs when needed - our dd doesn't ever remember any of it come morning time. HTH

Not sure that I've any advice as such but our dd sleep walks/talks as well, she's 31months. We suspect it's been happening since she was around 2 as we get woken up from time to time by her crying inconsolably and have found her in various places round her room - theory being that she'd wandered out of bed and got disorientated. Ususally easy enough to settle her again once she's had a hug. Only really confirmed this recently as we were away and all sharing a room, she woke me up wandering round but when I went to see what was wrong realised she was asleep - got her back into bed without her ever waking. Dh and I would both talk in our sleep paticularly if going through any stresses. Dh has a tendancy to bring work concerns home in his sleep and has been known to shout for units of blood and various surgical kit in his sleep, mistaking me for theatre staff! I sleptwalked as a kid. Guessing it runs in families.

Only advice would be make sure things are safe if you think she's wandering at night - we keep the stairs gated etc although she's never made it out of her room yet. Other than that I think just deal with it calmly and give lots of hugs when needed - our dd doesn't ever remember any of it come morning time. HTH

Ooops, sorry about double post.

Thanks Twiga, its good to know we're not alone. Her bedroom is gated anyway, so I'm sure she won't come to any harm, its just she seems to wake herself up and then gets really frightened which can be distressing for all. Its so helpful to see that I'm not just imagining that she could be sleepwalking at this age.

my dd started to sleepwalk at 6yrs still does it now if overtired or worried about somethingalso my ds slept walked when he was 3 he walked into dds bedroom peed in her toy box and went back to bed!!!!