Children with Night Frieghts

@all4ucnc (861)
United States
April 17, 2007 10:23am CST
I know my son went through this, and now my daughter is doing it too, only she does not wake up, and you can not wake her up, so I talk to her in a clam voice letting her know that Mommys here, until she finally settles down and begins to sleep peaceful again. (Sometimes she'll yell out "Go Away Bees" so we beleive her dreams are of bees chasing her.... which of coarse has never really happened. I just read that while they are having these night mares they honestly beleive that what they are dreaming, is completely real, and you cannot convince them otherwise. It also says that these night terrors are more likely to occur if the child is sleeping hot, and suggests sending them to bed without socks on, and/or cutting the feet off their jammies. I may try this. Anyone else going through the night terror stage ?
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michelledarcy
@michelledarcy (5220)
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17 Apr 07
My eldest daughter has had night terrors since she was 1 years old and still has them now she is 5. I do the same thing as you, I talk to her in a calm voice letting her know that I am here and looking after her. Sometimes she settles and other times she wakes up crying and I have to comfort her. She never remembers them in the morning. I find that there is a direct relationship between her dreams and whether she has eaten properly the day before. If she has eaten badly then she gets nightmares I assume to do with the low blood sugar. I also noticed that there was a reduction in her bad dreams after her Dad moved out, I think because the atmosphere in the hosue was so much better.