Toddler Night Terrors
June 19, 2008
You’re asleep when you hear a blood-curdling scream from the next room. Your toddler is sitting up in his bed crying, screaming and swinging his arms. For a parent, this is a scary sight. Rest assures that your child is okay and won’t remember a thing about his night terror. Attempts to wake or calm him down will only make the episode worse, so be prepared to keep him safe and ride it out. Children are often frightened by their nightmares and may require a little extra assurance when they wake from one but not so for night terrors.
Child specialist says that children don’t even remember having them. A night terror generally occurs in a preschool child. It is a partial awakening so the kid is semi conscious i.e. half awakened, half in sleep. When you see the kid it might be quite scary since the kid might have a glazed look, be thrashing and screaming, yet in the morning will have no memory of such dreadful events and since the baby is stuck between two sleep stages, you can try to offer him a bottle so he can go into deeper sleep, or take him out of his bed to another room, which might rouse him.
If neither measure has any effect it’s important to remember, say the experts, that the child isn’t actually awake. And though it’s upsetting to see your child thrashing about in distress, attempts to comfort may not help; in fact, in many cases, your baby won’t even know you’re there. Sleep disruption is parents’ most frequent concern during the first years of a child’s life. Half of all children develop a disrupted sleep pattern serious enough to warrant physician assistance.
You seek medical care in following conditions
· In children younger than 3½ years, peak frequency of night terrors is at least 1 episode per week.
· Among older children, peak frequency of night terrors is 1-2 episodes per month.
If your child seems to be experiencing night terrors, an evaluation by the child’s pediatrician may be useful. During this evaluation, the pediatrician may also be able to exclude other possible disorders that might cause night terrors. Night terrors are scarier for parents than they are for children.
The child does not know what is going on when she has one, and will not remember it the next morning. But effectively treating them will result in a better night’s sleep for both you and your child.
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