Could this be night terrors??

Question

My LO is 7 months old, we put her to bed around 7:00pm. Within an hour she screams and cries but she is still asleep bc her eyes are closed.  It seems to happen almost every night for about 2 months now. Could this be night terrors or something else? There are times where this happens twice an night ( always beginning of the night) She would cry/ scream for about a few mins to 5 mins which can feel like forever. I try not to pick her up right away and see it I can soothe back to bed. I even tried rocking her back to sleep after a few mins of her crying. She doesn’t have a temperature, could it be from her teething? Any advice would be appreciated.

Answer

It doesn’t sound like night terrors to me. My son’s night terrors last from 20 minutes to hours and nothing consoles him. They didn’t start till he was much older too. 
You can also just sense this weird fear and tension going on but you have no idea what to do. 
It’s the absolute worst thing to experience as a parent so far.

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I’m not sure if it’s night terrors, my son had two about a month apart when he was around 14-15 months and he would scream and his eyes would look glazed over, he was inconsolable for probably a good 20-30 minutes and nothing we did for him would calm him down, we just had to wait for him to wake up in a sense and come to. It would also be in the middle of the night more of when he’s in his REM cycle in a deep sleep. It’s absolutely terrifying! She could be having them, but if they’re happening right after she goes to sleep, every night and she calms down within 5 minutes, I would say it’s not! I’m sorry, I wish I could offer more advice, maybe call her pediatrician?

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My son had this for awhile from 9 months to 18 months. He would wake up at random hours of the night screaming and crying. His eyes would be shut and his body stiff. It’s the absolute worst as a parent, I always felt helpless and scared and my husband had to calm him down because I would get so worked up
His doctor said it is a form of night terrors and he’ll grow out of it. He’s almost 2 now and hasn’t had one in 6 months or so

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I second what the other comments have said.  
I believe my daughter had one when she was 14 months.  Her eyes were glazed and I was getting creeped out because it was like she was staring at something in the room, but nothing was there.   This lasted about half an hour.

Could this be night terrors??

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