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submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Hello all,

My 19 month old has had 3 separate events that sort of resemble night terrors, and I'm looking for some insight.

The wife and I decided sleep training was the way around a year old, and generally he sleeps through the night fully now - but three times in the last few weeks, this event set will happen:

He will wake up standing in his crib screaming as if he's being hurt, when we go to check on him he's inconsolable so after checking him for bodily harm, I bring him to bed with us with a bottle screaming the whole way. After a few minutes of thrashing about, he sits up and looks around, seemingly confused about his surroundings and he's fine; he gets his bottle and back off to sleep within a minute or two.

The confusing part for me is he is very aware my wife and I are in the room during these fits, when during a night terror they're supposedly in almost a trance-like state. The "waking up" motions he does is also baffling to me.

Thoughts?

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

The only reason I'm asking here now is I'm kind of stopping myself from going down a rabbit hole at 1:45 AM.

The possibility that it may be a night terror didn't strike me until just before posting, otherwise we'd definitely be asking his ped.

That said, he's doing more than just looking at us - he's reaching for both of us. I know he's fine, I'm less worried than I am confused. Kids healthy as can be.

this post was submitted on 30 May 2025
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