My six yr old son has what I call night-time terrors. He falls asleep with no problems but a few hours later wakes up wimpering, then crying/shouting out and screaming with shear fright. I can't make sense of all that he says and he almost seems like he's hallucinating. His eyes are wide open but sometimes he doesn't seem to recognise me. When I'm able to get him back into bed and hold him close for long enough whispering comforting things to him, then he falls back into a deep sleep. This doesn't happen every night and only started this year, but it seems to be getting more and more regular.
Does anyone else have this problem, and if so any advice? Thanks.