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May. 9th, 2008 08:14 amNight terrors again last night. They seem to come in clusters - she'll go weeks without, and then have several episodes in one night. Michael took the lead for most of them (I took the 2am shift), which was nice. It's helpful to share the misery.
Her room seemed pretty hot. I can't think of any other triggers. She did have a hard time separating at bedtime ("I'm aaaaalll alooooone in the daaaarknessss!!!"), so maybe she was still tense when she fell asleep.
I've found that it's very helpful to have a record of things like this in my LJ. If the night terrors escalate, I'll be able to go back and say "Here's when they started. Here's when they became more frequent. Here are possible triggers."
...And then the doctor can do nothing with that information. Heh. Really the only things you can do in response to night terrors are displacement activities. They make you feel better.
Her room seemed pretty hot. I can't think of any other triggers. She did have a hard time separating at bedtime ("I'm aaaaalll alooooone in the daaaarknessss!!!"), so maybe she was still tense when she fell asleep.
I've found that it's very helpful to have a record of things like this in my LJ. If the night terrors escalate, I'll be able to go back and say "Here's when they started. Here's when they became more frequent. Here are possible triggers."
...And then the doctor can do nothing with that information. Heh. Really the only things you can do in response to night terrors are displacement activities. They make you feel better.
