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| 116.1 | Sugar and Nightmares | ICS::GLOBALDIST | | Mon Jul 09 1990 18:36 | 9 |
| Dottie,
The one thing that most often triggers nightmares in my daughters is
having sweets to close to bedtime. Even the natural sugar in grapes or
fruits. We try to limit anything that has any amount of sugar in it
for at least 1 1/2 to 2 hours before bedtime. This tends to reduce the
amount of bad dreams they have by at least 80%.
Stacey
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| 116.2 | Night Terrors | CHCLAT::HAGEN | Please send truffles! | Mon Jul 09 1990 19:47 | 16 |
| 116.3 | Check V2 | FDCV07::HSCOTT | Lynn Hanley-Scott | Tue Jul 10 1990 12:49 | 12 |
| It's pretty common for children to experience intense dreaming, less
frequent for night terrors. Look back through Parenting V2 - there was
a very good discussion of night terrors (I think JA's a little young
though), and some good reading references.
Also, if you have Penelope Leach's book _From Birth to Age Five_, she
gives a good general discussion on dreaming, nightmares and night
terrors.
I, on the other hand, have a sleep talker (as I am myself) who
discusses anything and everything while snoozing.
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| 116.4 | nighttime frenzies | DELNI::SCORMIER | | Thu Jul 12 1990 17:24 | 14 |
| Dottie,
My son had an episode of "night terrors" when he was 2 months old
(It's in V2), and hasn't had one since, but he does dream quite
frequently (he's 7 months old now). He, too, is a very active sleeper,
so I can never tell if he's just moving around or thrashing from a
nightmare. A couple of days ago he was wimpering in his sleep,
frowning, reaching out with his hand, then sighed deeply and rolled
over, fast asleep. He seems to dream (nightmare and otherwise)
whenever he has had an especially busy day, full of new things. We
recently took him camping at the beach, and he was exposed to so many
different and interesting things...he kept us up all night with his
nighttime antics. He woke up refreshed, we were wiped out!
Sarah
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| 116.5 | It could be teething..... | ISLNDS::BARR_L | Snow - Yech! | Tue Jan 22 1991 12:15 | 23 |
| I know this topic is old, but I just had to reply.
At 1:00 a.m. this morning, my son Shane who is just 6 months old,
started screaming at the top of his lungs. I jumped up and ran
immediately into his room. He was on his belly, and he was rolling
his head from side to side. I picked him up and he continued to
whimper quite a bit. I knew he didn't want a bottle, because he
never woke up (he always opens his eyes when I enter his room, if
he's awake). I put him back in his crib, on his back this time,
and he continued to whimper and "talk" and he started rubbing his
face and sticking his fists in his mouth.
I spoke with a friend here at work about this and she said that
her kids did the same thing at that age and usually within a couple
of days after an episode like this, they had a couple of teeth.
She said in her opinion, that it's a sure fire sign of teething.
The reason they cry out, or scream as the case may be, is because
of the pain of the teeth coming through.
So, if your kids start screaming in the middle of the night, it
may not be nightmare, it may be that they're getting teeth.
Lori B.
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| 116.6 | Nightmares in Toddlers | MIVC::MTAG | | Mon Mar 16 1992 13:06 | 46 |
| Help! My 21 month old woke up twice last night with nightmares. It
sounded like the same nightmare each time. Both times she started
crying "No! I don't want to go out!" and was flinging her arms around
and throwing things out of her bed. This happened at midnight and
again at 5:30am. Both times it was difficult in comforting her because
it was so hard to wake her up. The first time, I was able to calm her
down and then she said she was hungry. Since she wanted oranges, I
gave her (watered down) OJ. This seemed to be fine - she finished half
and went back to sleep with no problem. The second time, she woke up
the same way, only trying to take her nightshirt off. She then said
she wanted her "jammies" on because she was cold, but then wouldn't
have any part of her pajamas. Her body was cold, but she rejected her
blanket being put around her. I was finally able to calm her, got the
blanket around her, and we went downstairs. We watched Thomas the Tank
Engine video on TV, she had some milk (she requested this), and she was
fine. After about 1/2 hour, she tried to sleep on my lap but couldn't
keep still. At 6:15, we went back upstairs and her "tantrum" started
all over. After I got out of the shower, I took her back downstairs,
gave her breakfast, and watched some Disney. After that, she was fine,
as though nothing had happened. Both my husband and I took her to
daycare this morning together expecting her to resist, and there was no
problem. I explained to the teacher what had happened and we both
agree that is is not like Jackie at all.
I'm not sure what triggered this type of dream. On Friday night, she
piddled on the pot for the first time (she likes to sit on the toilet
so I do not resist) and I praised her to no end. On Saturday, we took
her to get her haircut. Normally, this is traumatic, but my husband
got his hair cut first and she couldn't wait to sit in the chair to get
her's cut too. The other thing that happened is that my brother,
sister-in-law, and 10 month old nephew were over yesterday and Zachary
took a nap in Jackie's crib in her room. Although she no longer is in
the crib, I think she was a bit jealous of someone in her room. None
of these events are "normal" for her, but I don't think it ties in with
what she was saying when she woke during the night.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Mary
PS - sorry I rambled on!
PSS... I just remembered - the second time Jackie woke up her diaper
was soaked. With much resistance, I was able to change her diaper, but
it was still hard in calming her down.
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| 116.7 | Maybe fever deliriums? | WADD::BETTELS | Cheryl, Eur. Ext. Res. Prg., DTN 821-4022 | Tue Mar 17 1992 09:52 | 19 |
| Has she been ill? Especially you mentioned that her body was cold but
she wanted no part of pyjamas. This sounds very much like the fever
deliriums that my younger boy Markus will very occassionally get. It
is extremely difficult to calm them from this.
In the cases where Markus did this, he did not seem overtly ill but had
wet his bed profusely and/or sweated profusely and was absolutely
terrified and screaming but not really awake. It was quite different
from a normal nightmare where he is easier to wake up and realizes more
easily that he has been dreaming.
There seemed to be nothing more to dso than what you did, try to calm
him down, change his clothes and bed, and (in our case) pray that he
sleeps the rest of the night (seldom the case). I let Mark read in his
bed with the lights (ALL the lights) on.
There seemed to be absolutely no repercusions the next day.
Cheryl
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| 116.8 | I think she had a "night terror" | MIVC::MTAG | | Tue Mar 17 1992 19:45 | 18 |
| Cheryl,
No, Jackie wasn't ill (although it was 1 1/2 weeks after an ear
infection). I did some poking around in this file and V1 and V2 of
Parenting and also bought Ferber's book on the way home last night. It
definitely sounds like she had a "night terror" by the way she acted.
Last night she woke up again, but called for me so she was fine and
just wanted me to hold her (or whatever). She went right back to
sleep. I believe this has happened before with her, but not to this
extent, and definitely not since she's been in a bed. I think when it
has happened before, I would listen and give her 5-10 minutes, and if
she did not calm down, I would go in to her. From what I've read,
usually by the end of 10 minutes, the child returns to sleep on his/her
own. If it continues, I'll question the pedi but right now I think
there's not much to worry about and I'm much calmer.
Mary
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