What to do to alleviate child night terror

To alleviate the night-time terror of the child, parents should not wake the child, keeping calm, and should expect it to calm down because the child does not know what is going on and may not recognize the parents, becoming more frightened and agitated .

After the night terrors end, the child is calmer and this is the appropriate time for the parents to wake her up, taking her to the bathroom to pee, avoiding talking about what happened because the child does not remember anything. It is possible that the child returns to night terrors when they fall asleep again, so it is important to wake the child well after a night terror to avoid a new episode.

The next day parents should have a conversation with the child to try to know if there is something that is worrying or stressing, as this can increase the intensity and frequency of night terrors. In addition, in these cases, creating a relaxing sleep routine before bedtime, such as listening to music, reading a story or giving a warm bath in the child can help avoid the night terrors.

In cases where night terrors are frequent and occur at the same time of night, parents may wake the child 15 minutes before the scheduled time each night for 7 days to avoid episodes without affecting sleep quality of child.

Parents should seek psychological help when night terrors occur more than 2 times a night and most nights.

Because my son has night terrors

There is no reason to cause night terrors, and therefore they do not harm the child, nor do they cause any psychological harm to it. However, night terrors are more common in children between 3 and 8 years of age and usually occur in the early evening when the child is in deep sleep.

The nocturnal terror of children is not related to spiritism, because it is only a sleep disorder of the child (parassonia) and, moreover, it should not be confused with a nightmare, because when the child has a nightmare, it recalls What happened the next day, which does not happen in night terror.

How to Identify Child Night Terror

The child when he has an episode of nocturnal terror gets restless during sleep, with wide eyes, screaming and looking scared, not being totally awake. Therefore, it is important to wake the child only when the night terror is over and it is calmer.