Those who have dealt with night terrors... I need your help/advice PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RhiChiChi]

Sarah is right on the mark about night terrors - my DD has had them in the past & they are horrible to watch/go through. I did find that certain founds with colourings/additives tended to co-incide with when she was having them. For example BBQ sakatas. Thought they'd be a good little snack until she had a terrible night terror - cut them out of her diet & she hasn't had one since. Hop on the fed up website - she has a printable list of additives etc... that can fit in your purse for shopping.

Also we stopped trying to wake DD as she tended to go longer (one went for over half an hr once :S)

[Saffi]

My DS has also been getting night terrors. From my research there seems to be a genetic component to them. My DH had them at the same age. It also seems that being overtired contributes to them so I try to make sure he gets to sleep at a good time etc.

The only thing I do is to go in and hug him and lie down on his bed with him until he calms down and goes into a restful sleep.

[danita]

subbing so i can come back and re read later wen im not so tired going through the same thing here

[Nettie]

to you...

We get the odd one here when DS is super tired. My boy has an awful diet too - so maybe there's something in the food additives thing

We found that DS would wake up almost precisely 10 minutes after we had gone to bed. We figured out that the house got too quiet and ever since we leave gentle music playing all night and he doesnt wake up as much (some were 'night terrors' some were just 'awake'). just a thought.

I hope you get some relief soon