Sleep Talk, Crying, yelling.............HELP!!!

Hello , it's all going to be ok.They are called night terrors and they are common in 3-6 year olds.She is not awake and probably can't even tell you what the nightmare was about the next morning.My daughter who is 13 now had them for about 2 years.......I would cry with her, try to tell her it was ok, even try and wake her up but nothing worked .She would just scream and cry out my name.Now she can remember them and tells me that I was being eating by allegaters!!!Doctors told be that she was in her deepest sleep (REM) and at that age there imagination in going in overdrive.They are learning that there are more emotions that happy & sad plus they are getting new stimulations all the time from new experiences.
My suggestion to you is.......see if she needs to go to the bathroom or a drink of water and lay her back down .It may take a few times but she isn't awake to remember .Hope this helps.Good Luck

My daughter is the same way. She is almost 3 and she has been acting this way at night for as long as I can remember. I recently had surgery and her dad had to do most of the night time care and she has started to cry out less and sleep much more sound. I am a very busy mom and I began to wonder if this was a way that she could cling to me and feel close. (During the day we have very little cuddly time.) Just a thought. She is doing much better and now when she crys out I don't go in right away. I wait to see if she will wake herself and if she does, I go in comfort her and tuck her back in. To my delight this has been working very well. Good Luck.

Hi my name is R. I am a mom of 2 and a step mom of 3 and my oldest daughter which is now 6 used to do the same exact thing that you are talking about and I talked to my doctor about it and he said it is called night tremmors. It is where the kids think that they are awake and may actually look awake(have their eyes open,walking) but they are in a sleep mode that makes them remember little pieces of things that go on all through out the day. My oldest daughter did grow out of this and I understand where you are coming from because it is Very scarry and you arent sure what to do all I did was hold her and tell her that I love her and that Mommy had her. I hope this helps. Good Luck

have you talked to her doc about this and see what they say ?have you tryed talking to her when this is happening to to what going on ? at three dose she know the no touch rule that mean no one should touch you in the swimsuite area i guess what i am trying to say when she wakes up crying or yelling no or stop ask her stop what what happening well hope this was
some halp

Sounds like night terrors. Pretty common for her age.

They can be made worse by stress, not enough sleep, or a traumatic event during the day.

The fact that it is happening so frequently makes me say the last part there. A Night Terror generally happens within the first 2-4hours of sleep, and then generally will not recur. If she is truly having Nightmares , I would suggest trying to wake her up and ask her what she is dreaming, or even talk to her while she's still in that semi sleep state.

Nighmares are very common at this age. My son went through a stage where he would cry in the middle of the night. When I went in to check on him...he wouldn't even acknowlede my being. It was freeky. There where even times when he didn't want me touching him. This could hold true with your daughter. All you can do is try to comfort them and let them know you're their. Or in my case, try to let them know you're there.

Night light, Night light, Night light.

Sounds like what my sister was going through with her son. She said he would be screaming and she'd go in their and he'd still be asleep with his eyes open though. It goes away eventually. I think it's called night terrors! L.

My daughter has been doing this since she was about one years old. Here is what we have to do. Put her to bed. After she has fallen asleep wait 45 mins to an hour...wake her up. Make sure she is awake and looking at you. then let her go back to sleep. This is what the doctor told us to do because it helps her fall into a restful sleep and eliminates night terrors. My daughter is now nine and this works like a charm. sometimes I forget and she has full blown arguments with her little brother. The actually humorous to listen to:)

It sounds like night terrors to me. My daughter has them and it sounds just like she is doing the same thing my daughter does.

Here is a message board that I belong to that might help and answer more questions:

www.nightterrors.org

And here is some more info on it:

www.parenting-ed.org/handout3/Specific%20Concerns%20and%2...

I hope that this info helps