Night terrors

[mrsmacguffin]

Just wondering if anyone else had experience of this...

My 6.5 month DS woke last night as usual for a feed/comfort but somehow ended up getting trapped in some kind of night terror!

He was screaming so loudly and it took myself and my husband ages to calm him down I have never seen him like that before and it scared me,but my husband had issues like this with his daughter (although she was much older).

Any experience of night terrors in a baby so young? From what I've read online it's usually older children and toddlers...but he was certainly trapped in some horrible nightmare, poor little boy!

My DD gets them. Probably started around 5 months. For her, they always coincide with the start of a wonder week leap. It's really important you don't try and wake them up from it. They have no idea you are there. It's best just to lie with them and stroke them. More often than not, she won't wake properly and eventually calms enough to go into a deeper sleep. The only good thing is you have no recollection of a night terror, it's only nightmares that we remember. It's awful to watch, you have my sympathy

My nephew gets them, atleast he used to when he was about 6/7 years old. Like NoMaybe said, don't wake them up. I can't imagine what it must've been like to see. Hopefully he will grow out of it, like I'm sure my nephew has.

Yes my ds has had them from an early age - he regularly had them from the time he began sitting up. He could not be consoled. As someone else has said they seem to coincide with a developmental leap. He's 4 now and has just come through a particularly bad period. It's horrible to see them like that and not be able to help. You just need to make sure they're safe. My dh has them and it runs in families apparently.