Comments on: Nighttime fears http://www.childperspective.com/sleep/nighttime-fears/ Real Parenting Solutions Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:12:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Tasha http://www.childperspective.com/sleep/nighttime-fears/comment-page-1/#comment-20543 Tasha Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:10:49 +0000 http://childperspective.wordpress.com/?p=832#comment-20543 My daughter is 17 months old, and not yet talking, so I have a hard time understanding exactly why she's waking up. Sometimes she wakes up screaming, which leads me to believe that she is afraid of something. Whether it's something in her room, a dream, or even separation anxiety, I just don't know. I try to calm her and lay her back down, and some nights we go into the living room and rock for awhile, but then I find that she will fight sleep with every ounce of energy she has left. I'm not really sure if what I'm doing is right, I just hope this is a phase that she will soon grow out of. My daughter is 17 months old, and not yet talking, so I have a hard time understanding exactly why she’s waking up. Sometimes she wakes up screaming, which leads me to believe that she is afraid of something. Whether it’s something in her room, a dream, or even separation anxiety, I just don’t know. I try to calm her and lay her back down, and some nights we go into the living room and rock for awhile, but then I find that she will fight sleep with every ounce of energy she has left.

I’m not really sure if what I’m doing is right, I just hope this is a phase that she will soon grow out of.

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]]> By: Andrea http://www.childperspective.com/sleep/nighttime-fears/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Andrea Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:03:04 +0000 http://childperspective.wordpress.com/?p=832#comment-160 I love the idea to walk around the house and talk about all the familiar things! In all my night time comforting I have never thought to do this, and I can see how it would be so effective. Lucky for me I have another babe to try this with at some point :) My almost 5 year old son has a recurring nightmare - every so often for the last 2 years at least. Something that has helped him over time is talking at length about the nightmare the following day - first talking about what happened in the dream, reassurances that dreams are not real, then going into variations on wouldn't it be silly if the monster had pink polka dots etc., and imagining a different outcome in the dream. He also has great interest in the dreams i found scary as a child (and now). At first I wondered if telling him mine might scare him more, but he seems to find it grounding and helpful to hear (although I edit out some of my crazier dream happenings!) I love the idea to walk around the house and talk about all the familiar things! In all my night time comforting I have never thought to do this, and I can see how it would be so effective. Lucky for me I have another babe to try this with at some point :)

My almost 5 year old son has a recurring nightmare – every so often for the last 2 years at least. Something that has helped him over time is talking at length about the nightmare the following day – first talking about what happened in the dream, reassurances that dreams are not real, then going into variations on wouldn’t it be silly if the monster had pink polka dots etc., and imagining a different outcome in the dream. He also has great interest in the dreams i found scary as a child (and now). At first I wondered if telling him mine might scare him more, but he seems to find it grounding and helpful to hear (although I edit out some of my crazier dream happenings!)

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