Night Terrors? - Casper,WY

My son also went through this although not every night. It is difficult to watch and to go through every night! Like the other posts said, they do grow out of it and they do not remember anything. Our son was very active and so it seemed like he could not settle down, so what helped us was a very calm routine before bed and sticking to it. If he did not nap, which was often, the night terrors would definitely occur at night, so down time during the day and before bed is what helped him and sticking to a regular bed time. I cannot remember what age it stopped at but he is 17 now and we joke about it with him! like others said, make sure they stay safe as they will thrash around, our son would walk straight into the walls and scream and look right through me-scary to see and then we just got used to it...

My son had horrible night terrors when he was younger. He is now nearly 8 years old and hasn't had one for a couple of years. So it is something they can outgrow. All you can really do is be there to soothe and make sure they don't hurt themselves. It is scarier than it actually is and the child doesn't even remember anything.

If you google night terrors, and prevention, you can read more about how if you wake up the child at somepoint before the incident, you might be able to break them of the habit. Look out for more info. This might work well for your GD as she has them at such predictable intervals.

Good luck to you and yours,
F. B.

Sounds like night terrors to me.

Don't worry too much. She often won't even remember waking up...and she'll grow out of them.

My just turned 3 year old is going throughthis, as did my now 5 year old who outgrew it. It is TERRIFYING for us. But like Christy Lee said, they don't remember, and don't try to "wake" them. I find that if they are fussing I just quietly say its ok momma is right here and go from their cues> They are so out of it they usually just have a moment and are back deep asleep. They don't remember thank goodness, and I talked to the ped who said they will outgrow it! Good Luck1