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Anyone else have a child that talk in their sleep?
My DD1 goes off!!
She talks, sings, fights, laughs, yells. Everything. I'm used to it & sleep through it now, but she's always waking other people up.
Should I be worried? Mum seems to think she's not getting enough deep sleep coz of it. I've never been worried before. It's funny listening to her arguing about wanting the pink one in her sleep!
Hahaha!!! My brother used to always call out "I want the blue one!". When I moved back home after separating from my ex, my brother was in the next room, and he was 17 at the time and called out "I want the blue one" in his sleep again... I thought it was so cute that he still said the same thing.
All of my kids chat away in their sleep... I do it too, so I think it is fairly normal. My DH always has a giggle at the things I say in my sleep, and it is kids funny to her what the kids say in theirs. Harrison is 18 months old and often giggles in his sleep which is the cutest thing! I am sure your daughter is fine and getting enough sleep.
Yeah, I've had DD2 say the odd thing, but not very often, & DS laughed in his sleep when he was only about 10 weeks old.
I think she just talks too much & her mouth keeps going after she's asleep!
My DH does but it usually involves his radios (he is a ham radio operator) so I don't understand what he is talking about. DS continuously says "no, don't want" then "oh dear, alright". Apparently I talk about white rabbits with red eyes.
We all seem to get enough sleep so I doubt it would affect the quality or quantity of sleep.
I've never really worried. She used to be a snorer too, but has since had her tonsils & adnoids out & grommits in, so is sleeping better.
Mum was just a bit worried coz she is so restless & does it ALL night. Almost non stop.
Does she seem rested during the day? Or after she wakes up?
I have talked in my sleep all my life - course I confess any lies I've told or any bad things I've done lol. I've never notice it affect my sleep too much.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
We are having behavioral problems with her anyway, so I don't really know. She's full on & foul mooded alot.
Maybe take her to your GP and ask for a referral to a sleep specialist. They will be able to determine if she is getting enough of the REM sleep which is supposed to be the most important part of the sleep cycle. They will also be able to diagnose any sleep disorders and organise treatment.
If she is not sleeping well, could this be a part of the reason for the behavioural problems?
It could have something to do with it. I have wondered. But with everything else going on its a bit hard. I think the sleep centre thing would be a good idea.
Mum suggested it years ago, but that was just before we found out she had asthma, so that was the reason she was breathing funny & not sleeping well.
Then 12 months later we found out she had hearing problems from glue ear & enlarged tonsils & adenoids, so she had surgery to fix all that in November.
After that she settled a bit & stopped snoring & open mouth breathing, but thats it.
Everytime something came up I thought that fixing it would fix the problem, but she's still not really sleeping as well as she should be.
It is the REM that we were worrying about.
This is the god honest truth.....my 3 month old already talks in his sleep, well not words, LOL, but he goos and gaas and he is sound asleep, it is so cute!! I hear him on the baby monitor and then go into the bedroom and he's sound asleep. He sleeps in a hammock next to our bed and I can hear him "talking" during the night, flick the light on and he is still fast asleep, LOL.
Lol. I can't remember Jaz not doing it, but we still laugh when we hear it.
She'll yell out or something & we'll listen real hard to make sure she's ok, but its always nothing.
DS giggled in his sleep at about 9 weeks. Thats it for him though. DD2 & DH do it sometimes too.
hi Bjrose,
My dd#2 started with the sleep noises early that turned into talking and now even sleepwalking. I know the night thats she seems to never stop talking she is not as rested and if she has been up walking then she needs a day sleep even though she is 5 years old. I have talked to her pead about it and he said some people just do it.
Sweetpea - Really? Bugger. Well I have an appointmant with a pead on Thursday. She has sleep walked 3 times now that I know of. Are you scared about the sleep walking? I'm terrified of what could happen.
hi Bj,
With the sleep walking it is funny she doesn't walk into anything at all and just wanders around, and i just direct her back to bad and off she goes sometimes i just tell her to go to bed and she takes herself. I must admit we have the doors locked and i do hope she never learns to open them in her sleep. I have only ones caught her climbing the ladder of the bunks in her room once but she climb down herself.
Hope the pead can reasure you.
Jaz nomally just stands there & stares at me when I tell her to go to bed as if I'm talking in a different language.
She nearly did it last night.
She was in bed & had been asleep for over an hour when she sat up & yelled out.
We didn't understand at first then she started yelling 'Ay...Ay'
She said it a few times so we went & had a look. She doesn't try to get our attention like that, so I knew she wasn't talking to one of us.
Anyway, we told her to lay back down & after 3 or 4 times of saying it she laid back down & was fine after that.
Once she came out saying she wants to go home. We were at home.
bjrose,
it takes me about 3-4 times to tell dd to laydown or go back to bed to, so that is normal when they sleep talk etc