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

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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] 8 points 5 days ago

That sounds a lot like a night terror. Both my kids get them, although they're a few years older. Almost like a trance with some minor responses to questions.

My kids always need to pee when they have these, so we guide them to the toilet and they can handle the rest most times.

They are immediately asleep again when they lay down.

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