What are night terrors?
Night terrors are sleep disturbances in
which a child may suddenly sit bolt upright in bed, cry, scream, moan,
mumble and thrash about with her eyes wide open, but without being truly
awake. Because he's caught in a sort of a twilight zone between being
asleep and being awake, he's unaware of the parent's presence and isn't likely
to respond to anything we say or do. An episode can last anywhere from
two to 40 minutes, and when it's over your child falls back to sleep
abruptly with no memory of the incident.
How are night terrors different from nightmares?
Unlike a night terror, a nightmare leaves your child truly awake – she can remember her dream and sometimes talk about it, and she'll seek out and feel comforted by your presence. Also, children have nightmares during dream (REM) sleep, often in the early morning hours between 2am and 6am. They commonly have night terrors, on the other hand, in the first few hours of the night, during deep non-dream (non-REM) sleep.What are night terrors?
Night terrors are sleep disturbances in
which a child may suddenly sit bolt upright in bed, cry, scream, moan,
mumble and thrash about with her eyes wide open, but without being truly
awake. Because she's caught in a sort of a twilight zone between being
asleep and being awake, she's unaware of your presence and isn't likely
to respond to anything you say or do. An episode can last anywhere from
two to 40 minutes, and when it's over your child falls back to sleep
abruptly with no memory of the incident.
How are night terrors different from nightmares?
Unlike a night terror, a nightmare leaves your child truly awake – he can remember his dream and sometimes talk about it, and he'll seek out and feel comforted by your presence. Also, children have nightmares during dream sleep, often in the early morning hours between 2am and 6am. They commonly have night terrors, on the other hand, in the first few hours of the night, during deep non-dream (non-REM) sleep.What should parents do if their child has a night terror?
Don't try to wake him. And expect that your efforts to comfort him will be rebuffed – a child having a night terror really can't be calmed down, and if you try to hold him it may make him wilder. Unless he's in danger of hurting himself, don't attempt to physically comfort him. Just speak calmly, put yourself between him and anything dangerous (the headboard of his bed, for instance), and wait for the storm to pass. Before you go to bed, take the same precautions you would for a sleepwalker, since children in the grip of a night terror often stumble out of bed: pick up any toys or objects on the floor that she could trip on, fasten a gate at the top of the stairs, and make sure windows and outside doors are locked.so this is a little bit of info for sharing with you guys...info taken from babycenter.com. hope this is useful..
anyway, last weekend we went to JJ Cheras Selatan to buy some groceries...bored of going to Carrefour Alamanda, so we thot of ubah angin sket...heheh...so this is what i wore...
