Night terrors?

Question

Recently (within the last week) my son has been shrieking in his sleep at the top of his lungs. I can’t calm him, I can’t wake him, he doesn’t respond to me. I don’t know what to do to help this not happen or if I just have to ride it out, does anyone have any suggestions?

Answer

I’ve been looking into this a lot because my daughter did the same thing (for like a month!) From what I’ve read they can’t be officially diagnosed with night terrors until more like 18 months but thats what they are. 
There are some things that make our babies more likely to have them such as: changes in environment/schedule, stress, taking medication (especially a new med), being sick, and being overly tired/not getting enough sleep. 
I read if your baby seems to be having them at the same time each night you can try to wake your little one 15/20 minutes before they’d usually have it and help them get back to sleep to try and prevent it. Otherwise it’s really just watching and making sure they’re not hurting themselves by hitting the side of the crib or falling out of bed and letting it run it’s course. Supposedly the night terrors should go away after a few days/weeks or the issue (if there was something causing the terrors such as new environment) is resolved/has become normalized.
Luckily my daughter hasn’t had one in 3 weeks, we just had to get back into a rhythm. My husband joined the army, left for training, and we moved into my parents house so it was a lot for her little self to process. Good luck! Hopefully you don’t have to deal with these terrors for very long!

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My daughter was doing this nightly but it only lasted Abo a minute tops. I would just watch her in monitor and then she goes back to sleep. She hasn’t done it in the past couple of weeks; I think it’s teething related.

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My daughter has screamed in her sleep (and more often recently which I also attribute to teething which she hadn't started till about a month ago) but will stop if she can nurse or sometimes just change positions. When she was younger especially I think gas was a factor. Sometimes she would fart them calm down.
I did wonder whether it could be night terrors so young but never did ask pediatrician.

Night terrors?

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