My son who is not quite 6 months, has been having weird episodes that I thought were nightmares, but somebody said that wasn't possible. He'll be sound asleep & make a screaching sound, then start crying & pushing his arms forward (like he was trying to move or block something), but he's not awake. If I pick him up while he's doing it he'll sorta cringe until I rock him & tell him it's ok. He sometimes says mama (I don't think he knows the meaning of that yet though, he just started to do it when he gets upset).
I remember waking up when I was like 3 & 4 because of awful nightmares (obviously they were bad enough that I remember doing it). My mom said when I was about 9 months I started doing the same thing he is, until I was around 7 years old...Could it be nightmares? What can I do for him?
He by NO means has a traumatic life, or has ever seen anything traumatic. We hardly raise our voices in front of him & don't really get mad very often, so I dunno what could have triggered it.
2006-08-21
05:32:18
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