Night terrors leading to vomiting, hating of being touched

[christiana]

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have you tried the ferber book? he has some good info on night terrors...

re: the skin sensitivity thing- i haven't got a clue but can say that my ds is really weird about being covered too. he refuses it point blank. i always just assumed it was a claustrophobic thing...

good luck - hopefully you can all get a nap in today!

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DS gets night terrors, and any outside stimulus at all makes him worse. This includes talking to him, cuddling him - and I have noticed that he throwns off his bedclothes too - quite violently.

We wears pyjamas, and then when he has subsided into calmer sleep I just put his duvet back over him.

Dear Christiana,

I'm sorry to hear about the problems you're having. Sleep deprivation is the worst thing your DCs can do to you. My DS1 had night terrors for a while when he was a toddler. He would seem to be awake and looking at me but if I tried to cuddle him he would scream and start calling 'Mummy' even though I was already holding him. Then one day they just stopped and he has never had them again. Hopefully the same will happen for your DD.

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Generally a night terror is more easily passed through if nobody interferes with it. The best thing IME (as someone who has had them) is to just sit by the person until it passes, in case they wake and need comforting.

I can't help wondering whether your dd might be having some breathing difficulties, leading to reduced oxygen in her blood, and therefore the extreme NT. Think what it's like if you cover your head with the blankets - stuffy, uncomfortable, eventually claustrophobic, and you fling the blankets off not wanting to be covered at all, rather than just uncovering your head.

Is she on any medication for the asthma? Maybe it needs to be adjustsed. BTW I don't know much about asthma, so don't take my word for this, it's just what comes to mind readign your post.

HTH, and doesn't frighten - it's not meant to.

i wondered the same thing about the asthma...defo worth checking into

night terrors are defo affected by overtiredness. my ds had a few of them and they were usually a sign of overtiredness. also a 'real' night terror [as opposed to nightmare] means that the child is actually not awake so cuddling them or interfering with them in any way can actually make the episode worse. the ferber book just says to make sure the child can't hurt themself and let them get on with it and it they will calm after a few minutes, which will feel like an eternity!

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I think you could, absolutely. I agree that it sounds like a combination of night terrors and possible breathing issues...my dd2 gest sleep apnoea a fair bit (when she stops breathing and then gasps for breath) due to a floppy larynx and large tonsils. It can definitely upest and disturb her, even wake her up.

Asthma is hard to diagnose in teeny ones, and there are other plausible conditions (eg large tonsils) which can interfere with oxygen intake when sleeping, but my GP takes the line 'we'll try this, if it doens't help we'll try that,' etc until dd is happier.

Hope your GP is supportive

gosh there are actually a lot of similarities here. my ds had breathing problems around 1ys-2yrs. the gps called him a 'happy wheezer' meaning he never really displayed any problems other than the wheezing. however he picked up croup about 6 times and that is when his breathing problems got quite serious. some docs thought he had asthma and tried to treat him with inhalers, which did nothing. it turns out he had an 'immature' or 'floppy' layrinx. because we had a few emergency room visits and stays we were finally referred to a specialist at great ormand street. fortunatly he outgrew this issue [and the night terrors, incidentally] and is totally fine now. phew.

sorry if this is rambling but just wanted to let you know that there are other possible causes than asthma and that you should absolutely demand to see a specialist. if her breathing concerns you, particulalry at night, take her to A&E or call NHS direct. they take these sorts of issues with children very seriously and will help you.

good luck..

and forgot to add, ds breathing issues were always accompanied by vomitting.

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good luck with it all - let us know how you get on.

i was tolod if wakes at a certain time go in hour before rouse but not wake fully turn them over and let them settle back off

it did work for a while and then they stopped anyway if unwell its supposed to trigger them off and never let them go to bed over tired as apparantly big cause also

good luck always worth taking to doctor anyway as you could also get reffered to sleep therapist and will have check up and rule out any hidden illnesses