OUR TIPS – There are many reasons behind broken nights of crying, tears, hunting for a monster under the bed and other awakenings with warm tears. Three early childhood experts help us better identify them so we can respond appropriately.
A parent is desperate for a quiet night. Whether on Google searches, Facebook groups, or parenting Instagram accounts, questions about toddler sleep are legion, especially questions about night wakings. Often times, if a baby is crying in their crib at 18 weeks, screaming at a monster under the bed at 3, or moving their room at 5 when you’re fast asleep, it’s not the midnight demon that resides within them. , but the result. nightmare or night terror. But how to distinguish between these two “parasomnias”? where do they come from? And most importantly, what position to adopt to soothe the baby and put him on the path to sleep?
Don’t confuse a night terror with a nightmare anymore
Night terrors and nightmares both materialize through emotional expression, more or less intense, according to pediatrician Celia Levasseur, from an early age (around 18 months), and their occurrence becomes less frequent depending on the situation…
Source: Le Figaro
