Moms, I am getting very frustrated and do not know what to do. My 2 year old seems like she re acts everything she does during the day when she is sleeping. I have tried spending additional time with her in her own room and even laying with her in her own bed to make her comfortable. I know the difference between night terrors and nightmares. She goes through night terrors alot but lately she reacts what she does during the day and goes through a uncomfortable wake in the middle of night. I loose alot of sleep and I am worried that she looses alot of sleep also. I do not know how to break that habit or get her to sleep comfortably. I already have a bigger problem with her with sleeping with me and husband in bed. I already know that was a bad habit but she caught on quick when she was sick. I just need advise on how to deal with her waking up at nights and also trying to keep her in her own room.
When she is asleep already when we come home the transition is very easy to bed. My husband puts her in bed and then she will sleep for alittle or somethimes the whole night until one of those night terrors kicks in..Please if anybody has anything that they can tell me that is greatly appreciated.
Well hear I thought she was overtired. Ladies I have been following a journal and my pediatrician and I finally realized that my daughters sleep issues, terrors etc is because of no bottle at night. We have recorded her and brought her to the pediatrician finally. I thought that she would have gotten over it but she didn't. I cut her off on bottle around end of october-November and it has gotten worse. Last night I finally gave her a bottle in the middle of awakening and come to find out she went right back to sleep and didn't not get up at all. I just wanted to tell you ladies.
Well Ladies I have tried almost everything. Last night was another. I truly believe she is overtired because her schedule including mine had changed and her sleep patterns have changed also. I am going to try to deal with them the best that I can and hopefully she will grow out of them. Thanks everybody
S.; this sounds very difficult, i am sorry to hear it. try the Dr. Jay Gordon website. also try Askmoxie.com and kellymom.com
good luck
HI, My 2 1/2 year old also has had night terrors for almost 1year to 1year and a half now. they are awful!!! The only thing that seems to work that worked for us was right before that 2hour mark that she had been sleeping, we would go in and adjust her position, almost wake her up a little to get her out of that REM sleep...so for example if she fell asleep at 9 she would have the night terror by 11pm, so 10:55 we would go in and alter her position, that and a calming bedtimre routine every night were the only things that semi helped, if she's overtired....forget it! Good luck!
Check out this web site. http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/growth/sleep/terrors.html
It gives good advice.
My son's night terrors are triggered by him being over tired. I have kept him to a strict schedule to avoid terrors as they are scary. In addition to his daily nap he is in bed every night at 7:00pm. I will give him a couple of his toys to play with because he does not always fall asleep immediately, but this is good down time for him.
If we will be keeping him up late for a rare occaision; such as Christmas, what we will do is put him down to bed as soon as we can. After about 1 hour I will go in and pat his head, rub his back, stroke his cheek, and gently talk to him. My goal is to wake him slightly. I do not over stimulate him because I do want him to fall right back asleep, but for some reason (I can't remember what it is but I did read it somewhere) this gentle waking BEFORE the night terror usually occurs, decreases his chance of getting one.
You daugter needs an average of 12 hours of sleep a day. Try and make sure she gets this. Sleep deprivation triggers these night terrors in some cases.
I would try and tackle one issue at a time. Try and get to the root of her night terrors first and then when she is sleeping better then the transition to her own bed can occur. As far as getting her in her own bed you just need to be consistant and firm.
I wish you the best. I know how troubling it can be. I hope this helped some.
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She may be reacting to the fact that when she falls asleep, you are there (or she is in the car, wherever, or with whomever) and then when she wakes up, she is by herself. Kids freak out when stuff changes while they were sleeping. Best to get her to learn to sleep on her own, without anyone there, so when she wakes up (which is a normal occurrence for any kid), she can put herself back to sleep without you being involved.
I gotta run, or I would give more advice on getting her to sleep on her own. I'll check back later to see if anyone has addressed it yet, and see if I can help. Good luck!
hi S., i havent done too well in the sleep area...but, just wanted to let you know what happened with my son, he was having horrible nightmares, i realized they started around the time he got into the jungle book movie. he said he loved it and wasnt scared at all, but i took away the movie and they stopped. so could be something as simple as that, maybe think about anything in her life that happened around the same time. good luck
My daughter experienced night terrors pretty badly as well. I asked her doctor about them and he said that giving her a little benadryl before bedtime will help her sleep more soundly. My daughter's also happened as a result of being sick. So the benadryl in turn dried her up and allowed her to breathe better and also helped her sleep a little more soundly and they ended pretty quickly after this. Good luck!
Dear S.,
I have been there!!! My daughter is 2 years, 10 months old and went through the same thing. I began to really listen to the things she was saying/crying about/yelling in her sleep and realized that sometimes she was repeating what she saw in a video - "Finding Nemo". I didn't stop her from watching it totally, but I only let her watch in early in the day. I tried to get her interested in other videos - or activities that had nothing to do with t.v. or videos. This was a tremendous help. I also created a very clear and relaxing routine for bedtime -You have to get your husband on board with this!! All "rough housing" had to stop at least 1 1/2 hours before bed. Before her bath, I lit a lavendar candle in her room (never when she was in there) and I blew it out just before I put her to bed. I used Johnson's baby bath - the purple one with the lavender in it. After her bath, she gets a nice massage with lotion, puts on jammies and chooses a story to read.
I got her a sleeping bag and a stuffed dog that my husband and she named "Safety". The sleeping bag seemed to help her feel more secure and "tucked in" and the dog was her "guardian". Each night we recited the bedtime "rules" - 'Don't talk and don't get up' - this may sound harsh but it was the easiest way to get her to understand she could not keep calling me to come to her. Once i tucked her in, we would turn to the window and I would say "the moon is out so we have to sleep, but when the sun comes up and it's light outside, you can get up". When she stayed in her bed through the night, we made a big deal in the morning. She was allowed to get in our bed only after 5:30 in the morning. Any earlier, we brought her back to her room.
We still have nights when she gives us a hard time or does not stay the whole night in her bed, but it is SIGNIFICANTLY better and less stressful. The night terrors are GONE. Good luck!
