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

Jul 21, 2017
9:46:02am

CougaReb All-American

...to get their attention on something else. Once their attention was turned and they felt more comfortable, they calmed down and fell back asleep. Scary thing to go through as a parent; hard to feel like your children are inconsolable.

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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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