Honey there called night terrors, they arnt awake, there eyes may be open but there are still in the nightmare stage, DO NOT WAKE THEM, this has been my exprience,my DD has had them about 4 times, they will eventually calm dwn and go back to sleep, dont force them to lay down or be cuddled as they'll fight even more i no its hard coz as their mummy that's all we ant to do is console, but its the worst thing 2 do, dont put her blankets on, just keep doing what u r doing, sing softly and rub her head if she'll let u and then when u no she's asleep put her blankets back on, shes ok and she wont remember it in the morning it doesnt effect them only us. It scared the crap out of me when it first happened. God luck sweetie.xx O