Sleepwalking!! Night Terrors!!

I was a sleep walker as a child. I used to scare my mom to death, one time I started walking around in circles on my bed chanting something over and over!! I would also lock myself in the bathroom and sit there and say I didn't know how to get out, have crazy conversations with my mom (it would sometimes take her a few minutes to realize I wasn't really awake)This would happen on and off for years. The last time I ever did it I was 11 and it probably all started when I was 4. I just grew out of it. My mom would just try to send me back to bed..

Makes sense and sounds like sleep walking. You did the right thing by guiding her back to her room. My oldest sleep walks and that is what I do for him.

My daughter did that when she had night terrors. They did not always coincide. One time she started to use the waste basket in the bathroom as the toilet. When she first started sleep walking, she freaked me out. It was almost like she was in another world. She would answer in mumbles--though you could understand--and sometimes say something that had nothing to do with the question. One time she asked if it was raining. You definitley did the right thing. You should not try to wake her up unless she is in danger and then only very gently.

I did this when I was little, not the finger tapping. My mom said I'd sit up in bed (still asleep) and move invisible objects from one side of me to the other with my hands. My daughter has now done this once, got up out of bed and started walking towards the window. I didn't watch her long enough to see where she was trying to go, but directed her back to bed; she got back in bed and laid back down, never said a word or even looked at me. Weird.

I did this when i was a kid, my daughter does this now, Its not finger tapping for her, its other bizarre things, like taking all the towels out of the cupboards, peeing in the closet, stripping down to nothing and screaming. My daughter only does this if shes stressed, or has a full bladder. I remember i used to "sleep cook", i still hold full conversations in my sleep. I think the severity of it will fade., Mine did.

That is sleep walking. The finger tapping though, I'm not too sure about. You did the right thing, and you're right it is scary seeing them walk but yet not really awake.

Sleep walking.

My daughter, does that.
She, since a baby, has always been very cerebral and her mind is very active even while sleeping. She at times sleep walks too.
What we do is, not engage, do not talk to her... but as you did, nudge her back toward her bed. Then she lies back down and goes back to sleep. Like nothing happened.

While sleepwalking they are not really 'awake.' I'm sure you get that.
So, do not wake her. Or the child will scream/tantrum.

My daughter is completely normal. NOTHING wrong with her. She just sometimes sleep walks. And talks in her sleep. Or talks while sleep-walking. BUT, she will always go back to sleep.

all the best,
Susan

You know I haven't thought much about sleep walking for a few years, but my father did it and so did I. I guess I grew out of it. Now I wonder if my daughter will do it??? Yeah, it would really creep me out!