My 15months darling daughter had night terrors when she was around 11 months old (3 nights in a row) and recently,she had it again for 3 nights! She woke up in the middle of the night screaming histerically. It took us a while to figure out what was happening. Because she seemed to be awake but was having a full blown temper tantrum at 2am! and Nothing we did seemed to help. I started goggling about it and found out that it was night terrors.Seriously,it really freaked me out! i thought she's been possessed by a demon or ghost *touch wood*
The least intervention possible worked the best for us. Although I have read that if the night terrors happen at the same time every night you can try waking them up before that time and then putting them back to sleep and after a few nights they shouldn't have the night terrors any more because you've broken the cycle. No idea if it works though! . And in my daughter's case, when she's overtired,she will most likely have night terrors during the night.So always make sure that she had enough sleeps during the day (she still having two naps) .Hopefully it won't happen again to her! *fingers crossed*.
For new moms out there,who's wondering what is "night terrors" ? here are some explanation that i found :
Like nightmares, night terrors in children are distressing and disruptive. But night terrors differ from nightmares in other key respects:
• Night terrors are NOT associated with REM sleep. Instead, they occur when a child is partially aroused from deep sleep--usually 1-2 hours after sleep onset (Moore et al 2006).
• During a night terror--which may last for 5-10 minutes--your child isn’t fully awake. But he will appear terrified, and he may cry, scream, or mumble. He may also move around or sleep walk. Because he isn’t really awake, he will be unaware of your presence or your attempts to soothe him (Moore et al 2006).
• After he awakens, your child probably won’t remember the experience. When kids do remember something about their experiences, they report memories of having to fight or flee from frightening monsters or other threats (Guilleminault et al 2003).
• Because they can involve sleepwalking and other forms of movement, night terrors in children can be physically dangerous
This may sound rather exotic if you haven't coped with night terrors before. But the condition is surprisingly common, particularly among very young children
- See more at: http://www.parentingscience.com/night-terrors-in-children.html#sthash.EgNHXCXr.dpuf
Good luck moms! They are a really difficult thing to go through and while they might not remember them, you sure do!
