my son is 2 and a half and for the past week he's been waking up crying at night, every night, about 2 hours after he goes to sleep, when i go into the room, he's still asleep or at least half asleep, but lying down and squirming. when i finally manage to calm him down and ask him whats wrong, he often manages to explain a situation that happened, eg. he hit his baby brother and i smacked him bum, and he cried, obvioulsy in his words, that situation happened about a two months ago. he mentions various things, different each time, lion king, possums, i dont know what to make of it or how to help. he seems genually distraught, and after i calm him, he may still have a little cry on and off. i hug him, tell him its ok, mummy loves you, explain why i smacked him if thats the reason, and he'll hug and kiss me and say he wants to sleep. i dunno if these are night terrors, but what can i do?
2006-08-31
00:59:02
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sara m
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