She has started having night terrors

My two and a half year old daughter has numerous night terrors which causes her to scream out, talk in her sleep and move around. Some of the time we can calm her down without waking her though other times she wakes herself up in terror and carries on screaming for ages. The weird thing is I would expect her to lay in a little longer when this happens though she wakes up the same time in the morning as usual though does seem more tired.

My kids did that every so often. My sister is going through it right now with her son. At least that is what I think it might be. He has been waking up screaming for her and she has a hard time getting him back to sleep. Sometimes he calms down right away, but sometimes he doesn't. Last night was a rough one. She had trouble calming him down, he just kept crying.

I was lucky as none of mine had it but my sister had an awful time with her youngest son. It was also a nightmare for her as she rarely got any sleep. And when he slept in the day she had two older children to look after and was running a car rental business from home. Sometimes she would have to ask my mother to look after him at night so that she could get some sleep. This boy had other problems and so this is what made it so bad for her. It really is just a phase and she will get through it after a while but I am sorry for the both of you and hope that it wil soon pass.

No but I did. I had horrible dreams as a child. For years. My youngest daughter had some pretty nasty dreams to but it passed quickly. I wanted to sleep in too. I think that your mind is so busy with the dreams that you don't really rest. I hope she gets over it soon.