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Moms View Message Board: Parenting Discussion: Archive January-June 2005: Is there a difference?
Rylee has been having, I think nightmares, for the past 2/3 nights. Last night was the first time she didn't have one. I walk into her room and she is sleeping, but she is moving around and sometimes whining. One time, she said, "Mommy! Mommy!" So I ran into her room and she was asleep. What should I do when she does this? Should I wake her? I know that if it's a Night Terror I shouldn't wake her but what if it's a nightmare? Is there a difference between the two?
I generally dont "wake" them, my guys are all hard sleepers, I usually just provide some physical conforting contact like rubbing there hair or cheek, that seems to quiet them. I dont know the difference either.
Yes, there is a difference between nightmares and night terrors. Night terrors are more physical with the child fighting you and lashing out, sometimes getting up and running away, all while she is still asleep. I believe that night terrors are much more common in boys. It sounds like Rylee is having a nightmare and they are fairly common around two years old when kids start really developing an imagination and are able to put things they've seen or experienced during the day into a disturbing sequence in their dreams. Bella has them every once in a while and I usually just rub her back or stroke her hair until she seems calmed again. Seth has had night terrors for years and they are awful. I would just make sure that her bedtime routine is extra soothing for the next few nights and make sure there is lots of "relaxing" time before bed. Nightmares are no fun for child or mommy. {{{Rayanne and Rylee}}}
Rayanne, Christopher is doing the exact same thing (and so is my friend's baby who is the same age). He would just be crying and crying. The first time, I picked him up because I didn't even think that he might be having a nightmare. I even took him to the doctor to see if he had an ear infection.
Jennifer, I think that it is so funny, because it seems like whenever Rylee is doing something, so is Christopher and vice versa. It's too bad we don't live close to eachother, because I think that they would hit it off.
My doctor told me that those outbursts are called night terrors in a child that age. There is a difference and most kids do experience them at some point. They are usually still asleep while yelling like that. My two oldest did it a lot, but have outgrown it.
When dd has them they usually pass quickly. But occasionally, she will get upset and it lasts for awhile and she keeps crying out in her sleep. I will first speak soothingly in her ear and put my hand on her. If that doesn't do the trick (which has only been twice) I wake her up until she can recognize me, then I kiss her and hold her and she goes back to sleep and whatever it was stops. The first few times it really scared me. It happenen more in her two's than it does now.
My oldest one had night terrors when she was 2. She would sit up in bed and cry out, like she was terrified of something, but she really wouldn't be awake! It always seemed she had them on the nights that Emily slept all night! I swear they had a conspiracy going to make sure mom never got a full night's sleep.
A good article:
Yeap, that article describes what both of my kids went through at one time or another. They sound so distressed, but there is nothing you can do about it, since they aren't really awake. My oldest daughter used to sleepwalk a little bit, when she was younger, too. She would get so mad in the morning, when we would talk about what she had done in the middle of the night, because she didn't remember it at all.
Thank you Trina
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Poor babies! 