nightmares in children
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nightmares in children
are night mares common in children?
yes they are
they are common in children before age 5
what causes nightmares?
- upseting events
- situations
- persons and
- animals
significance of night mares
nightmares occurs in REM sleep which means what is stored in the subconscious ming manifest
they are generally not significant but when repetitive may be very significant
what causes recurring nightmares?
- television,
- movies,
- stories,
- objects
- stimulus,
- religious belief
- childabuse
- fear of dark
- thunder
- insecurity -
- seperation
- timid parents
- shouting parents
- fighting parents
- sight of ghastly violence
- accidents
- loss of life of closed ones
- rituals
- fearsome music
- loneliness
how to prevent night mares?
- find the cause and remove it
- pay attention but not overattention
- reassurance
- parental protection
- divert with dodging communication
- dont make them too religious it will worsen fear factor
wil night mares vanish?
- never leave a child alone
- never leave a child with strangers
- never allow the child to be abused
- track who your child talks with
- track what your child views
- age appropriate tv programs
- help them master thier fears
- demonstrate shadows that vanish
- take them to zoos
- create magic for monsters
- create fairies for thunder
- alow them to have emotional dependance for a while
- allow them to cope with stress in your presence
- if the child overcomes nightmares then it indicates successful parenting and strenghtened childhood.
will you wake up if a child has a nightmare ?
- if it is rare yes wake up reassure take them to a new room divert make them accept that reality is different from a dream
- if it is recurrent dont trouble them just be seated near them and touch them reassuringly.
- never take them to your bed
- dont be too sympthetic at the same time dont give over attention or ignore.
- just tell them you has a even scarier dream when you were young but overcame wit grandma s magic
- the next day spend time to discuss and make them overcome fears
- ask many children about their experience so nightmares may appear as a common phenomenon and variety is fun
- elved fairies and halloweens are created to overcome nightmares
- read out to children and allow them to go to sleep in your presence.
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Comments
dear sandra
what you have described is not night terror.
the child is stuck up in REM SLEEP. either he has sleep deprivation or nuerologicl signal retardation.
there is no use talking to that 2 year old child.
check whether that happens whenever your child has fever . then you neednt worry.a 2 year old upto five years may get febrile fits if the fever is very high.
or else please consult a paediatric neurologist.
thanks for the info. I will look into it.
My 10 year old grandson watched a vidio on u tube that was scary(very) and now he will not sleep in his own room he is really scared and i have tried talking to him giving him a flashlight everything i can think of he also just started taking new meds for his adhd he is now taking 72 mg of concerta could it be the med?
sandra rinck says:
2 years ago
what about in a child that is less than 2 years old. My daughter has nightmare, or more like night terrors, where at times she has her eyes open but is completely asleep, and it takes at least a minute to wake her up. Once I even tried to wake her up because she was trembling and screaming, when I picked her up, she was as stiff as a board. So, I just kept whispering in her ear, it is ok, mommy is here.
I wonder if the same reason occure in children who aren't yet able to express themselves, and how to deal with that?
Dr. Spock says that, you should just leave them alone, but as a mother I find it increadable hard to just watch her scream in terror and not do anything.