Night Terrors?

My son is 17 months old. He sleeps in his own bed next to my bed (we live with in-laws at the moment, limited space). Just about every night, he's been waking up screaming and crying. I'm thinking night terrors. This happens at nap time as well as bed time.

Last night he woke up screaming and it took me forever to help him back to sleep. I tried rubbing his back or giving him a drink of a bottle but he just laid there in a daze for what I'm guessing was an hour. He would lay down like he was asleep, and then wake back up and just look around.

Is anyone else experiencing this? Can someone please give me some tips on how to handle this? I'm really losing a lot of sleep over here and I just want my baby boy to sleep comfortably again!

sounds it. cameron gets them here and there and even though he looks awake i know hes not all there.. and depending on the night it could take awhile to calm him down, other times (since im used to it) i can handle it fast and get him awake and realizing everything is ok. cant give you too much advice because every child is different.. with cameron i would have to get him out of bed, and walk him around the house with the lights on, and then he would wake up and want to go back to sleep. other times ive just had to sort of bear hug him because he would just be freaking out, hitting his head on the bed or wall and i just wouldnt want him to hurt himself

how long have you been living with inlaws? is it a recent change? i just ask because sometimes night terrors can be caused by stress, or even lack of sleep, or over tiredness

If he's having a night terror DONT wake him from it. I know its scary, but its more scary for YOU than for him. He has no idea whats happening. My 3 year old has been suffering since she was 20 months old. When she has one, I sit on the floor next to her bed and rub her arm with my fingers and tell her "its okay, mommy is here"... thats all you really can do. I did start 3 months ago giving her Hylands Calms Forte, and it worked for a while - but she's slowly outcoming these & they are now just nightmares. You can give it a try if you are in need. But remember, DONT WAKE HIM! It will make it much much worse.

Quoting JennB987:" If he's having a night terror DONT wake him from it. I know its scary, but its more scary for YOU than ... [snip!] ... now just nightmares. You can give it a try if you are in need. But remember, DONT WAKE HIM! It will make it much much worse."

not in all cases.. when cameron is throwing himself around hurting himself im not just going to watch him. i dont care what people say sometimes you have to wake the child. some things work with some kids, some dont

Quoting ×ø×K·ßear×ø×:" how long have you been living with inlaws? is it a recent change? i just ask because sometimes night terrors can be caused by stress, or even lack of sleep, or over tiredness"

We've been living with in-laws since I was pregnant and the only change we have made is that he's in a big boy bed now, but he was waking up like this before we moved him out of his crib.

I'll try walking him around to see if that helps.

Quoting ×ø×K·ßear×ø×:" not in all cases.. when cameron is throwing himself around hurting himself im not just going to watch ... [snip!] ... to watch him. i dont care what people say sometimes you have to wake the child. some things work with some kids, some dont"

If he's self-harming in the process than you can move him and stuff. I was just under the impression that he was just screaming & thrashing.. My daughter would sit up and look wide awake and cry/scream. She never did anything to harm herself.

Quoting JennB987:" If he's self-harming in the process than you can move him and stuff. I was just under the impression ... [snip!] ... & thrashing.. My daughter would sit up and look wide awake and cry/scream. She never did anything to harm herself."

He isn't harming himself. When he 'woke up' last night, his daddy tried taking him and he kept throwing himself backwards until I took him. The crying kind of stopped and we went to fix a warm bottle. He laughed at the microwave and I put him back to sleep. That's when he just went into a daze.

His daddy has sleep issues, so I expected sleep issues from him.

Quoting ::Mermaid Momma:::" He isn't harming himself. When he 'woke up' last night, his daddy tried taking him and he kept throwing ... [snip!] ... put him back to sleep. That's when he just went into a daze. His daddy has sleep issues, so I expected sleep issues from him."

Its way scary but if you try Hylands Calms Forte 4 Kids, it works great... I never had to "repeat" dose or anything for my daughter - I would give her 1 or 2 tablets before bed (depending how busy her day was).... and that was plenty for her. See, her brain has issues with shutting down come bedtime. Her brain still wants to keep going & those would trigger night-terrors in her.