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My son is 7.5 months old. For the 2nd time in his short little life we think his night was riddled with nightmares. The last time was about 4 months old or so. Ever wonder what they are really dreaming about?
He wasn't hungry, he had a clean diaper he would fall asleep in our arms swaddled and then about 30 minutes after you laid him down he would go from complete peace to screaming like someone was holding hot pokers to his skin. There was no fever, we gave him tylenol in case it was his teething and I even looked at each of his fingers, toes and other apendages to see if he has somehow gotten a hair wrapped around something and it was hurting. Nothing would work. This started at about 8:30om and last until about midnight. After that he slept like an angel with no more problem. When we would pick him up it would take a good 3 or 4 minutes to calm him down again and his eyes would be real big like when you are scared and he would have big fat tears rolling down his cheeks. Once he realised we were there he would calm down and drift back to sleep.
Anyone else experience these episodes with their little one?
He wasn't hungry, he had a clean diaper he would fall asleep in our arms swaddled and then about 30 minutes after you laid him down he would go from complete peace to screaming like someone was holding hot pokers to his skin. There was no fever, we gave him tylenol in case it was his teething and I even looked at each of his fingers, toes and other apendages to see if he has somehow gotten a hair wrapped around something and it was hurting. Nothing would work. This started at about 8:30om and last until about midnight. After that he slept like an angel with no more problem. When we would pick him up it would take a good 3 or 4 minutes to calm him down again and his eyes would be real big like when you are scared and he would have big fat tears rolling down his cheeks. Once he realised we were there he would calm down and drift back to sleep.
Anyone else experience these episodes with their little one?
We would have to literally wake her up up, so she could look around her room and see it was normal, and so she could touch us. She would spend a good five minutes touching my cheeks, nose, lips etc, then running over the planes of her own face.
Right around a year they suddenly stopped. Not sure why,and I don't know if they are coming back, but it sure is nice to not have her suffer anymore.
Our doc told us that they could very well be nightmares. He said that since everything is new to a baby, somethings seem more traumatic to them then they do to us, for example, walking and falling can scare a baby more then us. He told me that they would settle down once she was older and had become accostumed to life more. And I guess he was right.
Never until last night! B woke up screaming in a tone I can only describe as terror a few times. He was inconsolable. I checked everything, toes, fingers, diaper, teeth, fever, etc. He wouldn't nurse! I realized he wasn't awake. When I finally got him a little awake he started to calm down enough to nurse and eventually fell back asleep. It took me hours to calm myself down, and then it happened again. I was able quiet him much quicker. Today he is fine, perfectly fine. I hope this never happens again. It scared the *^#@% out of me!