At 2-3 years of age dreaming becomes vivid. By three years of age your child may not require a nap, but until that time an average of an hours nap in the day is usually helpful to avoid sleep deficit.
This is the stage when children’s sleep may be disturbed by Nocturnal confusion Night terrors or Nightmares and there is a difference.
Nocturnal Confusion occurs mainly in very young children who are distressed and agitated but do not respond to parents attempts to reassure them.
Night terrors occur early in the night, usually in the first third of sleep (deep Non REM sleep) the child is distressed and agitated, and although your child’s eyes may be open the child is not completely awake and no reassurance from you will comfort your child. Sleep returns fairly quickly and there is no memory of events in the morning.
Nightmares usually occur in the second part of the night (middle to late REM sleep)
Your child has had a frightening dream and will accept comforting and reassurance. It can take longer to re settle the child to sleep afterwards and it is important that the parents reassure and encourage the child to remain in his/her own bed and return to sleep. While the child was asleep, during this episode they are fully awake and remember this afterwards. Nightmares can be precipitated by illness or stress, in which case there may also be night terrors.
Nightmares usually peak at about 3 -6years of age. They are universal and a normal part of cognitive development.
There are things you can do to reduce the frequency of nightmares and night terrors for your child and Dream-Angus can help you with this.
If these are a problem for your child let us give you some simple strategies to try first.
Contact ;- info@Dream-Angus.com
This is the stage when children’s sleep may be disturbed by Nocturnal confusion Night terrors or Nightmares and there is a difference.
Nocturnal Confusion occurs mainly in very young children who are distressed and agitated but do not respond to parents attempts to reassure them.
Night terrors occur early in the night, usually in the first third of sleep (deep Non REM sleep) the child is distressed and agitated, and although your child’s eyes may be open the child is not completely awake and no reassurance from you will comfort your child. Sleep returns fairly quickly and there is no memory of events in the morning.
Nightmares usually occur in the second part of the night (middle to late REM sleep)
Your child has had a frightening dream and will accept comforting and reassurance. It can take longer to re settle the child to sleep afterwards and it is important that the parents reassure and encourage the child to remain in his/her own bed and return to sleep. While the child was asleep, during this episode they are fully awake and remember this afterwards. Nightmares can be precipitated by illness or stress, in which case there may also be night terrors.
Nightmares usually peak at about 3 -6years of age. They are universal and a normal part of cognitive development.
There are things you can do to reduce the frequency of nightmares and night terrors for your child and Dream-Angus can help you with this.
If these are a problem for your child let us give you some simple strategies to try first.
Contact ;- info@Dream-Angus.com
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