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| Yes, both of us. |
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26% |
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| I had nightmares as a child... |
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| Yes, my child does. |
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| o.O Whats that? |
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 Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:00 pm
My almost 7 month old daughter has night terrors.
I talked to a nurse and we both agreed that she has them. She does everything that the doctors say. There is really no doubt about it.
We have them under control now, and I have learned what to do and how to handle them. But I'm told this will be an on going thing and its not always easy.
Anyone else in this boat?
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:08 pm
My little brother had them ever since he was little. He'd wake up at night and start crying and thrashing for no reason. The scariest is when he'd sit staring and pointing.
I don't know what to suggest though. We were told just to let him grow out of it.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:21 pm
Yeah, my oldest has had night terrors since he was about 8 months old. He'll wake up screaming and not really be truly awake, but he's not sleeping either. It's so hard to calm him down sometimes. We used to start a Baby Einstein tape for him because the music would soothe him and perk him up a bit so he'd wake up. Sometimes if he cries a really long time, we'll wipe his face with a wet washcloth to try to wake him up fully. It can be really rough.
I've had night terrors every since I can remember, but I rarely get them now as an adult. I just remember some nights I'd wake up, but still be dreaming and I couldn't move my body or scream. And I'd see and hear things in my room from my dream. So I try to wake my son up or get him back to sleep as fast as I can, because I know how scary it can get.
How often does your baby have night terrors?
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:33 pm
She used to have them quite often, about once a week. But once I figured out what they were and what to do to prevent them. Now she gets them like once a month or so.
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:05 pm
That's not too bad! Mine used to have them once a week too, but now it's like once or twice a month. I don't think they'll ever fully go away sweatdrop
What do you do to prevent them?
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:12 pm
The Doctors and nurces I talked to told me that they possibly will go away in time, but in alot of cases you just have to learn how to deal with them. I find that sticking to a routine helps alot for some reason. Trying to put her to bed at the same time and such. Not letting her get over tired, because that can trigger them. Keeping things in her crib the same (ie: same blanket, stuff animal and such). I also leave a night light on. I put her to bed at about 10pm everynight and when I go to bed at eiter 11 or 12 I take her out of her crib and feed her a bottle, this wakes her up a bit and seems to help her sleep threw the night and not have them so much.
But when she does get them I just soother her in the ways that she seems to like. I find a bottle, or soft talking or singing helps. Picking her up and waking her is something I do quite a did just because she gets so hysterical. I think I'm lucky because shes not to difficult to sooth and once she gets back to sleep shes fine. She doesn't have more ten one a night.
I was told that every child will be different, and you'll just have to develop a system that works for you. See what works and what doesn't. Night Terror just come with the job.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:17 am
My question is, there are cases that don't grow out of it.
What can I do then? I have someone much older that I take care of, but it seems he's got these problems. He never ever grew out of it...
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:05 pm
My oldest daughter who is 6 is still having them. Her's are really bad and I can't find nothing to help them. I have noticed if she is around people that argue a lot, she has more of them. All the doctors keep telling me is that she will eventually grow out of them.
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:39 pm
My Fiance has them. It's especially hard to deal with them when we go camping and there is no light switch around or hard walls to make him feel safer. He's had them since he was 3 I think. He sees things coming at him, like figures. He has also told me he's woken up to what looked like people trying to grab him. He also has a very weird sleeping pattern because of it.
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