My son had a night terror last night... I am still quite shaken by it.
He's 8 month old and normally has a good sleep /nap routine but yesterday that went completely out the window as our schedule got messed up so he was absolutely exhausted when he went to bed.
About an hour later we got ear splitting screams and he was thrashing about all over but when I picked him up he was completely limp like a ragdoll but still screaming and was fast asleep.
20 minutes later he woke up and was fine, if very very tired and went back to bed no problem. He doesn't seem to have been bothered by it now.
I think that is the worst thing I have experienced so far, the feeling of helplessness, of knowing your child is distressed and wanting your comfort but doesn't know you're there trying to help him..
I don't know why I'm posting this, I guess I just needed somewhere to put my feelings as my other mum friends just said "it was just a nightmare, it's no big deal"