Night Terrors, but Not Really?

Hi Suzi,

My 3 years old does that when she is very tired or when she was playing with other kids for too long (what makes her tired), she seems to dream about things that happened during the day (me first, it's mine,he took it, I want it, etc) , I think that she should try letting him rest and may be taking a nap or quiet time during the day and make sure he goes to sleep before he gets too tired.
Hope it helps,
Mariana Abadie
www.MykidsFirst.com

A friend of mine had this problem with her two year old, and they finally traced it to a child at daycare. Apparently the other child would cry and cry and cry at naptime for an hour or so. Not sure why no one did anything about it. It must have traumatized him because when that child left daycare, he immediately stopped the night terror behavior. Don't know if that helps, but I know my son is very sensitive to other children being upset, and if he were exposed to that, he would be completely freaked out.

Tell the childs Mom to play soft music in her room at night. The music shouild be soft instrumental, flute or strings, etc.

This may sound strange but she might be going through a growth spurt. I could always tell when my son was going through a growth spurt. His sleeping patterns changed and he just acted out of sorts, he would wake up in the middle of the night crying too.

What I found worked was a good warm bath before bed, and a rub down after his bath. I would give him 1/2 a dose of tyenol before bed.

I really don't think there's much you can do during the day, except trying keep her on a regular napping schedule.

Best of luck