Sunday, February 28, 2010

They're back!

For almost two months we were night terror free.  Then. . .Bam! . .they are back.  Every night now, for the past two weeks, Paige has been waking up between 9:30 and 11:30pm (usually twice in that time frame) with night terrors.  I truly believe that they are terrors and not nightmares.  We have been very diligent with putting her to bed at the same time, with the same routine, nothing new.  She is always in bed with lights out by 8pm and falls asleep quickly.  Everytime we go in the room during one of the episodes, she is sobbing/screaming staring at the same spot, rigid, and won't talk.  One night I even found her standing in front of her shelves, batting at them with her hands screaming, "no, no, no".  It really is frightening for Mark and I.  We just go in, reassure her that she is safe, we are there, and pray with her.  We never leave until she responds to us, in a normal way, so we know she is awake and still not in the midst of the terror.  She always appears awake, but won't talk or respond to us until she actually is awake.  Please pray with us for her, that these will stop and she can have peaceful sleep.  Does anyone have any other suggestions for us?  We would welcome any advice.  Thanks!

3 comments:

jamie said...

hey melanie- that is scary! Do you think some of us could come over and pray over her room? I feel that children are super sensitive to the spiritual realm- they don't have all the barriers we do to think that it isn't true or real!
that is what i would do- but totally up to you of course!

Jennifer said...

Hey Melanie,
Natalie had the same thing going on when she was that age. Just as you described...the sitting up in bed crying and screaming and not really responsive and a few time getting out of bed and doing strange things...like opening up her dresser drawers and going through them like she was looking for something. The only difference is that she never had them that frequently. She maybe had one single episode every few weeks for a period of time. Have you mentioned it to the doctor? If you have mentioned it in the past maybe mention that it is getting more frequent. It sounds like you are doing the right thing with your approach. I just thought I had read some stuff before about how they usually don't happen that frequently and if they do to let a doc know. Not sure - but you are not alone :)

Miss Mommy said...

Wow- that is sooooo sad. I will pray for y'all.