What are nightmares?

Usually night terrors in children are: child wakes up at night, screaming, crying, his panic. Or: he gets up in the middle of the night and goes home, talks in his sleep. Usually this behavior is evident in the first two hours of sleep. Such episodes are safe and are not repeated during deep sleep. Resume, cries and fears at night are an integral part of the process of maturation of the child. Usually, such a situation can occur in children up to 6 years.



Night terrors are characterized by the following features:


Is your child scared, but he is unable to Wake up or calm down.


The child's eyes are wide open, but he doesn't notice your presence.


- Ordinary objects in a room can greatly to scare him.


- This stage lasts from 10 to 30 minutes.


The child remembers nothing since morning.





How to help your child cope with night terrors:


Help your child to return to normal sleep mode; the first rule - do not try to Wake the child. Although it may seem that the child woke up, actually, he sleeps. Dim the lights or just turn it off, talk to your child a soft quiet voice. If you can, take the child in his arms. In any case, do not cry and do not shake it, it will only complicate the situation.




Take preventive measures so that the child does not get hurt. During the nightmares, the child can stand up and walk around the apartment. If this happens, gently loosen his way, and send it back to the bed.




Better, of course, to prevent night terrors, than to fight them. The possibility of night terrors, the child is raised if it is overwrought. Make sure that the kid went to bed at the same time. Also try to put the child on a daily sleep a night and if he did not sleep.




Every night, when your child suffers from nightmares, be careful, what is the problem and how long it lasts. Within 7 days, try to Wake the baby for 15 minutes before the usual time, when there is an attack of fear and let 5 minutes a child is not sleeping. If after these "procedures" fear has not disappeared, then repeat the next week.





In any cases, you should consult a doctor:


- Attack of fear lasts more than 30 minutes.


- Attack of fear happens in the second half of the night.


- If the child says something incoherent.


- If during an attack of fear the child is doing something dangerous to his health.


- Fears do not leave the child even during the day.


- If you think that the reason for the fears of a child can be a stressful family situation.


- You can go to the doctor and in any other case, if you are very concerned about.

Source:

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