A Critters And Crayons article about how we learned to recognize and handle our toddler’s night terrors is featured on the What To Expect Website!
If you have ever experienced night terrors or helplessly witnessed your child endure them, you know how important it is to be able to recognize the indicators.
Here’s a short excerpt from the article:
“…We had our children about 19 months apart. Our daughter, the oldest, was still very attached to me by the time her brother was born. She was still very much a baby in need of her mother. Her brother’s brief hospitalization forced a very stressful separation between us.
At night, our 19-month old, for the first time ever, appeared to be having violent tantrums. They seemed uncontrollable. Even in the hospital, while…READ MORE HERE.“
I do hope you’ll check it out!
And I’d love to know if you have any experiences with night terrors, too.
Have you or your children experienced night terrors?
How did you know they were terrors? What did you do?
That was a fantastic article, Trish! Left a comment there, too – but I really like how intertwine light humor in your article.
Thanks so much, Nami! I really appreciate that you read it!
This is a fab article, Tricia. I haven’t experience this with my kids, but I’m sure it’s terrifying to go through. (My daughter had violent tantrums when my son was born and she was just 16 months, but she was fully awake when she lifted the crib floor up off the ground with her little legs … with the mattress on top of it).
I hope it doesn’t happen to you, guys- but if it does, just hang loose and hug them until it passes.