My daughter would get them when she was younger. The good thing was she never

Jul 21, 2017
6:38:53am

Chemish All-American

remembered them the next day. So, it was awful for us but she seemed unscathed. But they weren't super frequent and she grew out of them.

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Night terrors? My three year old has woken up twice tonight inconsolable

LiveCoug All-American

7/21/17 4:13am

Only when I dress up as a clown and get 3 inches from his face and start heavy

Cougarfan777

7/21/17 4:22am

If you replace kid with fire alarms then yes

cypresstx

7/21/17 4:28am

Has happened to my 22 month old recently.

Backcountry

7/21/17 4:46am

Yup. All the time. I'd say poor kids, but THEY'RE not the ones awake through it!

LeftOfNormal

7/21/17 4:47am

Yes, pretty common. Use melatonin

Solomon Levi

7/21/17 5:11am

Yep. Happened with our 2nd child. It sucks man.

spugeddy24

7/21/17 5:28am

How regular is their sleep schedule?

IGlowInTheDark

7/21/17 5:31am

I've been up with my eight year old since three. The words "Go Back to Sleep"

84 Grad

7/21/17 5:43am

My niece had that when she was little

buffgato

7/21/17 6:02am

My six year old had that happen off and on for about 3 years. He has been

Dixie's Red Rocks

7/21/17 6:10am

Did she eat a lot of sugar that day?

Sandy Lyle

7/21/17 6:18am

Happened to my kid when he was 3-4.

dryflycoug

7/21/17 6:29am

My daughter would get them when she was younger. The good thing was she never

Chemish

7/21/17 6:38am

This is correct... they are not dreams (which happen during REM sleep)

SaturdaySpecialDay

7/21/17 8:03am

Almost every night until we got her a dog.

The Board Genius

7/21/17 6:50am

Our boy used to get every now and then, seemed it was stress

permiso

7/21/17 7:01am

It is. Fevers induce them as well.

IGlowInTheDark

7/21/17 7:04am

She did just get over 7 days of fever

LiveCoug

7/21/17 7:57am

They often still happen despite that

spugeddy24

7/21/17 9:36am

Oh and the way we snapped him out of them was to have him drink water

permiso

7/21/17 7:05am

We couldn't really wake our son out of it. His eyes were open and it seemed like

dryflycoug

7/21/17 10:08am

He was in stage 4 sleep. His eyes may be open, he may be speaking, walking, or

SaturdaySpecialDay

7/21/17 10:18am

Being too hot seems to contribute to them.

Caboom

7/21/17 7:23am

Most kids who regularly get night terrors just get them.

SaturdaySpecialDay

7/21/17 8:02am

Happened to my oldest when the baby waking in the night disturbed her sleep. We changed room arrangements, and it soon

Smack'sWife

7/21/17 8:10am

My daughter has struggled with that between the ages of 18 months to 36 months.

P-Widdy

7/21/17 8:24am

Yes. Often tied to their feet being too hot, so body temp rises.

Turnpike Lane

7/21/17 8:53am

We had that with several kids. Turned on TV, cooled them down, and tried...

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