This week, we're continuing our 2-part series about your toddler or preschooler's nightmares and night terrors. Last week, we looked carefully at nightmares -- when they begin, what causes them, and how we as parents can help our children through them. This week, we're taking a look at night terrors. While night terrors may not sound different from nightmares, in truth, night terrors are quite different, and are far less common. They also tend to be far more terrifying and intense than
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How to Handle Your Toddler’s or Preschooler’s Nightmares and Night Terrors: Part One
As a parent, you've probably had some experience with your baby or toddler waking in the middle of the night. And if you've read many of our Baby Sleep Site® blog articles or free guides, you've likely learned a lot about what can cause night waking: sleep associations, hunger, teething, illness, schedule problems, etc. Here's a night-waking cause that catches many parents of toddlers by surprise, however: nightmares and night terrors. Starting around 18 months, your toddler may start
Baby / Toddler Night Terrors and Nightmares: Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of the Night Terrors and Nightmares Series. If you are just joining us, you might want to start with part 1 where I go over night terrors in babies and toddlers. What are Nightmares? Nightmares are very scary dreams. They usually start as a normal dream and then they take a turn for the worst. We don't remember every dream or nightmare. It's only when we wake up at the end do we remember them, even if we just wake up briefly. What age do nightmares start? This,
Baby / Toddler Night Terrors and Nightmares: Part 1
Welcome to part 1 of my Baby / Toddler Night Terrors and Nightmares series where I will discuss the different types of night terrors and nightmares your baby or toddler can have, the age they start, the age they stop, the difference between the two and how you should handle each, because the way you handle each is different. We'll kick off this series by discussing night terrors (aka sleep terrors). Night Terrors - What are they? Many people use the term night terrors to describe a lot of
