Guest guest Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Nina: There are things called night terrors. My oldest used to get them all the time, and scare the daylights out of me just about an hour after she went to sleep. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 this may sound off the wall to some people, but when my son was doing that, we bought him an indian dream catcher and had the gentlman who made them, bless it. No problems after that. ???? Leilani ________________________________ To: Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:55:36 AM Subject: waking up crying For the past several nights 's (4 1/2) woken up crying about 1 1/2 - 3 hours after she's gone to bed. Sometimes she'll want to be held, but usually you just have to lay her back down and rub her back. It usually doesn't take her too long to fall back asleep, and it's only been happening once per night. I don't know if she's having a reoccurring nightmare, because she seems distraught when you first get in her room. We don't think she's awakened like this since she was much much younger. Does anybody have any thoughts? Thanks, Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Liz - I got this message right before time for the bus. Another mother on my other list also mentioned night terrors. I looked them up, and it does sound like what is going through. Of course I don't think any of the web pages said how long they can last... Leilani - I think I used to have a dream catcher. I'll have to look. However, since the web pages said these aren't nightmares I'm not entirely sure it would work. Thanks, Nina Re: waking up crying Nina: There are things called night terrors. My oldest used to get them all the time, and scare the daylights out of me just about an hour after she went to sleep. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Nina, My typical daughter started having them when I started letting a friend babysit her while I worked. Change,stress, or something tramatic can bring on night terrors. After I stopped leaving her with my friend the night terrors went away. I had never worked outside the home and let her with anybody. I tried daycare for 2 weeks while I worked there as a teacher and the night terrors started all over. Cyndi B > > For the past several nights 's (4 1/2) woken up crying about 1 1/2 - 3 hours after she's gone to bed. Sometimes she'll want to be held, but usually you just have to lay her back down and rub her back. It usually doesn't take her too long to fall back asleep, and it's only been happening once per night. I don't know if she's having a reoccurring nightmare, because she seems distraught when you first get in her room. > > We don't think she's awakened like this since she was much much younger. Does anybody have any thoughts? > > Thanks, > > Nina > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Hi This is totally left field but have you thought about doing a worming treatment? My daughter always has her fingers in her mouth and not at all in interested in washing her hands after toileting. Just a thought. Geraldine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 My typical son also has night terrors. He gets them really bad whenever Amy is admitted to the hospital and I go and stay with her. He does continue to have them for a few weeks after I get home but they do eventually stop. He also gets them when he has a busy day and hasn't had much time to unwind before going to sleep. When he does have them we found that just putting him back in bed if he got out and rubbing his back while shhhhhhhing him worked best. At first we would try talking to him to find out what was wrong and this just agitated him more and took longer for him to calm down. Hope they end soon as they are not fun. Good luck Ali > > Nina, My typical daughter started having them when I started letting a > friend babysit her while I worked. Change,stress, or something tramatic > can bring on night terrors. After I stopped leaving her with my friend > the night terrors went away. I had never worked outside the home and > let her with anybody. I tried daycare for 2 weeks while I worked there > as a teacher and the night terrors started all over. Cyndi B > > > > For the past several nights 's (4 1/2) woken up crying about 1 > 1/2 - 3 hours after she's gone to bed. Sometimes she'll want to be > held, but usually you just have to lay her back down and rub her back. > It usually doesn't take her too long to fall back asleep, and it's only > been happening once per night. I don't know if she's having a > reoccurring nightmare, because she seems distraught when you first get > in her room. > > > > We don't think she's awakened like this since she was much much > younger. Does anybody have any thoughts? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nina > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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