Night Terrors

Last night at around 11, Jackson woke up.  This isn't unusual, he often wakes for a bottle, so I stumbled in to give him one.  But he didn't want it.  And his screaming got louder.  So I picked him up and tried to comfort him, which is when he started thrashing about, screaming and sobbing.  I had to put him down to keep from dropping him.  It was frustrating and a bit scary.  I just didn't know what to do.  Eventually he calmed down and just fell back to sleep, if he had even been awake.

I googled it of course, and nearest I can figure it's night terrors.  Which is a similar state to sleep walking, the person appears awake but isn't.  My research implies that it can be caused by changes to routine (none), being over tired (possibly) or just because (helpful lol).  I think the over tired thing is a possibility because I've started putting him to bed 30 minutes later.  We used to go up to bed at 7 and he'd play in his bed until falling asleep at 8.  So I figured half an hour extra of being up with me, he's still fall asleep at the same time.  Which works.  But it could be the problem.  Then as well, he doesn't nap at daycare as much as he would at home.  She puts all the kids down from 1 to 3, at home he naps from 11 until 1 or 2, usually 2.

The way to handle it when it is happening, is apparently to just be there, but not to try and comfort him or anything, that makes it worse apparently.  Which was the case last night, so I guess that's true enough.  Sadly.  It is really really hard as a mommy to ignore your screaming horribly upset child.  Seriously.  But hopefully it will lead to a shorter outburst.  I really hope it works, and that this passes quickly.  I am kind of hoping that it will be due to his 2 year molars coming in, and once they are here it will all get better.  I really hope it does.