Archive for the 'Night Terrors' Category

Nightmares are the disturbances or bad dreams which occur in the sleep during night times.

There is no particular age limit to get nightmares. This problem can be seen in small children as well as in older people. Usually this problem of nightmares will be mostly seen in the children who are aged above 6.

Out of 100%, 45% of the children who are aged above six will be suffering with this problem of nightmares in their sleep time. There are no gender feelings for nightmares; these can be seen both in boys and girls.

Some children do not have bedtime issues and some children have issues.

Every child cannot go to bed at night and get all of the required sleep they need.

Bedwetting is a common issue among children. Boys often wet the beds than girls. Boys wet the bed twice as much as girls do. Bedwetting causes stress for your child and also causes embarrassment.

Nightmares can cause bedwetting in your children. Nightmares occur during light sleep and usually awaken the child. Your child will be frightened and wet the bed due to the frightened condition. The anxiety and tension due to the nightmare puts stress on them and wet the bed without their knowledge.

They often wake up by talking, crying and yelling. When nightmare occurs, children do not want to go back to sleep most of the time.

You have to help your child during a nightmare and prevent bedwetting problem. The causes of nightmare can be many. You have to limit your child watching television before bedtime. Avoid your child to watch violent shows, movies and programs. This way you can prevent a nightmare before it happens.

There is much difference between nightmares and night terrors and there is a difference in the way of handling by the parents or caretakers.

A nightmare is an unpleasant or scary dream. Many of them are unaware of nightmares and children experience more frequently than adults.

Children experience them from time to time. One out of four children experience nightmares more than once in a week. A child wakes up after a nightmare and is often distressed and you cannot comfort a child after nightmare.

Night terror is not a dream but is a partial awakening from sleep with unusual behaviors such as screaming, mumbling or kicking. The child may be sweating or breathing fast during a night terror. Night terrors occur within two hours of sleep after a child goes to sleep.

Night terrors are harmless and each event will end in deep sleep. A child will not wake up with night terror even though he or she may have their eyes open. They are not completely awake and cannot recognize or communicate with you.

Children may oppose going back to sleep after a nightmare because they are afraid. Nightmares always occur almost in the night during the light stages of REM sleep. Children usually remember a nightmare

During childhood, almost every children experience nightmares. Children get nightmares due to the stress in normal lives.

Once your child was awaken by nightmare, it is difficult for your child to go back to sleep. Nightmares are common in children two to six years old.

A nightmare is a bad dream, which can make your child feel anxious, upset or scared but does not cause any harm to your child.

Nightmares take place during light stage of sleep. Our brain flows through different stages of sleep in which some stages are deeper than others.

Dreaming takes place during lighter stages of sleep and children who have nightmares cannot get into deep stages of sleep.

Children get nightmares due to the stressful things that happen during daytime. They may face problems in the school, home, sports, school work or exams. Another reason for nightmares is watching scary and horror movies or reading scary books before going to bed.

Children who are sick, especially with high fever may have nightmares. Certain medications result in nightmares. Children wake up in the night when they have a bad dream. They wake up talking, crying and yelling and may be very frightened.