sleep terrors

[peggyfromwastate]

Hi- I was wondering if anyone has had experience with toddlers/preschoolers having sleep terrors on occasion. Our daughter Izzy (2.5 y) sometimes (about 3 times/mo) will start screaming bloody murder after being in bed for about 2 hours at night, and when we go to console her she is so stiff and unresponsive. She keeps screaming and crying (sometimes she even sobs "Help"-- can you believe that???) for about 10 minutes, and then she goes back to peaceful sleep. I think that she's having sleep terrors, and isn't really aware that she's screaming-- as if it's part of her sleep cycle, but I don't know if these happen to kids so young as she. These episodes really freak out DH, who freaks out easily when it comes to his own kids. I think that becuase he is in neuro right now in school he automatically thinks it's some kind of neurological disorder...

Anyway, does anyone know anything about this kind of problem?

[Meenah]

My girls both did this, especially my second one. If I remember (sooo long ago) they were close to 3 years old. It didn't last too long.
Luanne

[mommax3]

My oldest son did this at around the same age.....he grew out of it. He was more apt to have night terrors when he was overtired to begin with, but sometimes he had them for no discernible reason.

Sally