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We are currently going through some night terror episodes with Liam who is 22 months. We co-sleep with him, so it makes for a very intersting night!!!
He thrashes about, rolling over and over again, crying like he's being poked with hot spears!!! It's the most horrible thing to go through as a parent, especially when it wakens you out of a deep sleep. His episodes seem to last about 20 minutes, and there seems to be absolutely nothing we can do to console him. Last night we let him roll around, sit up, fall back down on the bed and thrash. Towards the end he let me hold him tight and talk soothingly to him and he fell asleep while breathing in a "hitching - hiccuping" way. He did start to cry again about 20 minutes later but let me hold him and sooth him back to sleep. He then slept soundling for the rest of the night. Most of his episodes seem to happen around 1:30 AM (he goes to sleep around 9:30 pm)
Anyone else going through this now? Any ideas to share?
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Andy
Lesbian Adoptive Mom AND an adult adoptee
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