28 month old DS woke crying uncontrollably

[Crazylou]

My DS woke crying uncontrollably then started calming down cuddling, then started crying again then suddenly sobbing breaking his heart cuddling saying am sorry continuously, no idea why and was trying to reassure him telling him he doesn't need to say sorry, his eyes seemed To be half opened, then he woke completely and said he needed the toilet and went back to sleep, anyone else's toddler woke crying saying sorry ?

Aww, sounds like he had a nightmare! My 3.5 year old DS woke up a couple of weeks ago crying uncontrollably and clutching his teddy, I said what's the matter?? And he said 'cousin's name the matter! cousins name hurt!' Bless him

Awwwww cuddle him up tight xxx ❤ til he goes to sleep again. Usually it's a bad dream. When he's able to talk to you about it, if he wakes up screaming or crying, you can use very easy revisualisation psychology techniques, look them up online. But put simply... you ask him to tell you about dream whilst cuddling him tight and saying it's ok mummy's here it sounds scary but we are together and nothing cam hurt you, then you say we are going back in to dream but mummy is coming with her baseball bat/frying pan, and he will have one too or a sheild, or what you think will help him feel braver. And you walk through dream together and bash up those monsters (mummy first but ask him if he wants to join in), or laugh at their silly hair, get him to change a few details "i bet monster has a snotty nose and his friends tease him!" ... Or whatever the dream is, find a way to make it ridiculous & re-write the dream together whilst picturing it ... with a happier silly ending. Ps. My DC are told no money are allowed in our house and even when they run the doorbell, mummy stands at door with her frying pan & they away, as monsters are far more scared of mummies /daddies than anything

He is exactly the right age for night terrors.
Google will give you all the info.

*no monsters are allowed in our house. .. i meant! (money we welcome!)
I always tell my DC I'm a Tiger mummy and everyone is scared of Feisty angry mummies, even monsters! So we never get monsters under the bed or in wardrobes as they wouldn't dare!

I'm an ex psychologist and adapted it for my DC very vivid nightmares from PTSD revisualisation methods.

Night terrors for sure. Next time it happens, just take him straight to the loo. My ex-dsd had these. Needing to go to the toilet was the reason for them. She remembered nothing about them in the morning. And as soon as she stopped needing a wee in the night the terrors stopped.