Just had our first experience with a true night

[gretchenindisguise]

terror.

omg, that sucked. hard core.

screaming, crying, kicking.

screaming, "noooooo!! I want mommmmmyyyyy!!!" while I was holding her.

I felt so bad for her

It makes me want to cry.

[girlfriday11]

Oh no, that breaks my heart. Poor baby.

[kdmac]

Poor baby

[gretchenindisguise]

I just felt so bad for her. And so helpless.

blarg.

[BunnyMacDougal]

Oh man
So sorry for you and for her. I don't know this, so let me ask. Do the terror-havers remember being so distraught after-the-fact?

[gretchenindisguise]

Oct 14, 2012 0:06:43 GMT -5 BunnyMacDougal said:

Oh man
So sorry for you and for her. I don't know this, so let me ask. Do the terror-havers remember being so distraught after-the-fact?

I don't know, I'll find out tomorrow.

I'm thinking no, that she'll have no recollection of it tomorrow. Which is good.

[BunnyMacDougal]

Oct 14, 2012 0:09:36 GMT -5 gretchenindisguise said:

Oct 14, 2012 0:06:43 GMT -5 BunnyMacDougal said:

Oh man
So sorry for you and for her. I don't know this, so let me ask. Do the terror-havers remember being so distraught after-the-fact?

I don't know, I'll find out tomorrow.

I'm thinking no, that she'll have no recollection of it tomorrow. Which is good.

Oh Dear God yes. Here's hoping for ya that she doesn't.

[Deleted]

Those are the worst. Thankfully they don't remember them the next day. My son had a few and it was always like he wanted me but couldn't wake up. The first one scared me to death too. I hope the rest of the night goes ok.

[imhischeeseburger]

Those are the worst. I hope it was just a one time thing for you guys, they really do suck.

[BunnyMacDougal]

Just for the record here, what is the recommended course of action when this happens?

Just try to comfort? Seems SO strange to me that the person wouldn't wake up.....or couldn't be waked. Do experts advise against trying to wake?

Growing up I had neighbors whose son had these. He had them well into his twenties - at the time I knew him, he was about ten. It would be screaming we could hear across an acre of yard. Crazy.

[gretchenindisguise]

Oct 14, 2012 0:14:59 GMT -5 BunnyMacDougal said:

Just for the record here, what is the recommended course of action when this happens?

Just try to comfort? Seems SO strange to me that the person wouldn't wake up.....or couldn't be waked. Do experts advise against trying to wake?

Growing up I had neighbors whose son had these. He had them well into his twenties - at the time I knew him, he was about ten. It would be screaming we could hear across an acre of yard. Crazy.

I have no idea. I tried to comfort her, then tried to get her comfortable in her bed. When she was reaching for something, she took my hand for a little bit and I allowed her. Then she rolled over and was reaching again, so I shoved her gorilla under her arm and she grabbed it. She's been peacefully asleep since.

No idea if that was right or wrong, but it's what I did.

[Deleted]

You handled it perfectly. I don't think you are supposed to wake them only comfort them.

[litebright]

If she settled back down, you handled it just right.

We had a long, terrible phase of these with DD1. She would almost be back to sleep and then work herself back up again to screaming, for long periods during the night.

One thing we found was that they often correlated to her not eating enough at dinner to hold her through the night. Giving her a snack was one way to settle her back down. So we started stuffing her with a late snack before bed. Now she understands better that if she doesn't eat a good dinner, she might have bad dreams.

[gretchenindisguise]

Oct 14, 2012 0:44:13 GMT -5 litebright said:

If she settled back down, you handled it just right.

We had a long, terrible phase of these with DD1. She would almost be back to sleep and then work herself back up again to screaming, for long periods during the night.

One thing we found was that they often correlated to her not eating enough at dinner to hold her through the night. Giving her a snack was one way to settle her back down. So we started stuffing her with a late snack before bed. Now she understands better that if she doesn't eat a good dinner, she might have bad dreams.

Hmmm, this is interesting, because she didn't eat really well most of the day today. That's not wholly unusual for her, but I'll keep that in mind if it happens again.

[Deleted]

C has only had one and it my reaction was the same as you...so not fun at all! Hugs mama.

[flipflopsandwine]

Clayton has them multiple times a week. They're rough.