Night terrors in a nearly 2yo??

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My DD has started over the last month to screaming (blood run cold type) and then wriggling around the bed it can last up to 20 mins...he seems to have his eyes closed, if he does wake completely he is inconsolable, he crys and goes ridged wont cuddle in which is unusual for him, doesnt happen every night about 2-3 times per week, i sleep talk and walk as does my sister (who move furniture in her sleep!!) What can be done ?? any ideas??

My DS had this a bit around the age of 3, but never as much as 2-3 times a week. It was so odd, as you couldn't wake him or comfort him. Lasted about 15 minutes. Afterwards he'd be awake.

I just used to get in the bed with him, I think. I have no idea what can be done, but others might have ideas.

It does pass. Oh, and I am a bit of a sleep talker and screamer and occasional walker, and DS (now 9) occasionally talks in his sleep.

DS1 had night terrors from 4 months old.
Again, we have a family history of sleep walking/talking/weeing in the fridge etc.

if it happens at the same time (ours were 2 hours after falling asleep) then you could try rousing him a bit just before then. but i think the general advice is not to wake them.

My DD, just turned 2, has woken up screaming for the last 4 out of 5 nights. She screams for really random things. One night she was screaming that she wanted to open presents, last night she was screaming for an orange duck. She'll also scream for milk and water. We'll give her the milk and the water and she'll carry on screaming for the milk even when she's holding it.

Once she's gone back to sleep, she'll keep stirring during the night and talking about random things. She used to laugh and clap in her sleep quite often when she was very young. Now it has gone the other way.

She remembers nothing about it in the morning. Hopefully it is just a phase.

I know this is quite an old thread, but I just wanted to get this off my chest.

OP, I hope you've managed to get things sorted.

my dd had night terrors - completely gave me the heeby jeebies first few times. she was wide awake and sat up but screaming for mummy and i was right there! she couldnt see me. she thought i was someone else. i ended up in tears, because she was so scared of me when it happened.

i was told that night terrors occur at a certain point in the sleep cycle - so if you can break or disrupt the cycle a bit you can stop them.

wake your DD up before you go to bed, enough to rouse her, obviously not enough to have her up and out of bed!

they do pass. its horrible while it happens, but it does stop.

I read somewhere that taking a child outside can jolt them out of a night terror due to the change in temperature. I had night terrors as a child and when ill as a teenager, but now I just talk in my sleep and ask DH where "the other babies are" which was quite odd when DD was a newborn and right beside me.

Thanks. I will try waking DD before I go to bed. It usually happens about 5/6 hours after she goes to sleep.

Last night wasn't so bad, I read somewhere yesterday that it's best not to speak to them so when she started screaming for milk I said a few words, but I didn't get the milk and she eventually settled, but kept talking in her sleep and having a little cry all through the night.

Hopefully the gently waking will work tonight.