He woke up crying.
By Sillychick
@Sillychick (3275)
United States
August 22, 2008 2:25pm CST
My son is napping. A little while ago, he woke up crying, which is unusual. I went into his room, and he wouldn't let me pick him up, and he wouldn't get out of bed. I sat with him for a minute, and he fell back to sleep. Poor baby, probably had a bad dream. I hate to think he is scared. This has never happened before, and I hope it doesn't happen again.
Has this ever happened to your child? How do you comfort them when they have bad dreams?
3 responses
@kimbers867 (2539)
• United States
22 Aug 08
I still go through this with my 11 year old.
All you can do is let them know that you are there and try to comfort them as much as they will let you.
I bet he probably will not even remember you being in the room.
Poor little guy.
@Sillychick (3275)
• United States
22 Aug 08
I wished he would let me hold him, but he just cried harder when I tried to pick him up. It breaks my heart. He's still sleeping, and it's been an hour since he woke up. I keep going in to check on him. I guess I'm a little bit of a hoverer.
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@kimbers867 (2539)
• United States
22 Aug 08
How old is he?
I can so relate to your situation!!! My oldest still has bad dreams and she will call me in the middle of the night but doesn't rememeber doing it at all.
My youngest is 7 and the only bad dreams she has is about her sister. We hear her yelling at her all the time in her sleep. LOL
@Sillychick (3275)
• United States
22 Aug 08
He is almost 2, so it's hard to know exactly what is going on.
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@candymarie (1368)
• Canada
22 Aug 08
Oh gosh, the only thing I could do is talk in a soft voice, rub there backs, and just tell them also to breathe, close there eyes, go back to sleep.
My mother overheard me doing that with my little cousin and she said, sounded like you were trying to hypnotize them lol.
@Sillychick (3275)
• United States
22 Aug 08
I know the kind of voice you mean- low, rhythmic and reassuring. I did that a lot when I was teaching preschool and the kids were separating from their parents and at nap time.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
23 Aug 08
When my son was around 2-3 years old he would sometimes have what is referred to as a "night terror". He would sit up much like your son did and his eyes would be open, but he was not really awake. The only way he ever got over them was if I woke him up. He would just barely wake up, but it was enough to calm him down enough to go quietly back to sleep.
