Hi! My 20mo has recently started having night terrors or nightmares (I can only assume, he can't talk enough yet to tell me), and he's afraid to go to bed, his cry is such a scared cry & I have to lay beside his cot and hold his hand until he drifts off, he also wakes in the night crying. Baring in mind, he's been a pretty much textbook sleeper since being 12wo, in bed for 7:30, story, kiss, and asleep within 10 minutes.
I'm just wondering if anybody else has experienced this with their little ones, and is there anything I can do to help him? I obviously offer comfort, but I don't want to take him out of his bed completely. Today I've cleared his room of anything that could cast scary shadows, got him a night light & he has a light up toy aquarium that will hopefully distract him from whatever he may be afraid of.
Any advice will be helpful. Sorry for the story! Thank you. X