My daughter will be 3 at the end of the month. She wakes up about 3 hours after going down and is inconsolable for about 30 minutes before passing out again. It's fuggin scary to say the least. Anyone go through this? Would welcome some advice.
I found this to be easily adaptable.AGGIE WH08P said:
My648 year oldsonself had this happen a few times lately. So we decided to think about 6 things he wants to dream about that night. Hoping to put positive thoughts in his head while falling asleep. They are pretty funny, honestly. (What he wants to eat for lunch tomorrow atschoolwork, who he will play with on the playground, what our dog will do the next day etc).
My best friend was battling with this with his kid. They went to several doctors and finally one told them to cut out foods with food dye. It worked immediately. The kid is now in his early teens and if he eats foods with dye's in it he will get night terrors. You should ask your pediatrician about it. I know it is a pain in the ass to make that big of a diet change, but it could be the cause.Geriatric Punk said:
My daughter will be 3 at the end of the month. She wakes up about 3 hours after going down and is inconsolable for about 30 minutes before passing out again. It's fuggin scary to say the least. Anyone go through this? Would welcome some advice.
AgCMT said:My best friend was battling with this with his kid. They went to several doctors and finally one told them to cut out foods with food dye. It worked immediately. The kid is now in his early teens and if he eats foods with dye's in it he will get night terrors. You should ask your pediatrician about it. I know it is a pain in the ass to make that big of a diet change, but it could be the cause.Geriatric Punk said:
My daughter will be 3 at the end of the month. She wakes up about 3 hours after going down and is inconsolable for about 30 minutes before passing out again. It's fuggin scary to say the least. Anyone go through this? Would welcome some advice.
Good to know!Lavender Gooms said:AgCMT said:My best friend was battling with this with his kid. They went to several doctors and finally one told them to cut out foods with food dye. It worked immediately. The kid is now in his early teens and if he eats foods with dye's in it he will get night terrors. You should ask your pediatrician about it. I know it is a pain in the ass to make that big of a diet change, but it could be the cause.Geriatric Punk said:
My daughter will be 3 at the end of the month. She wakes up about 3 hours after going down and is inconsolable for about 30 minutes before passing out again. It's fuggin scary to say the least. Anyone go through this? Would welcome some advice.
As someone who has a kid with a red food dye allergy/sensitivity, it may not be as big of a change as one would think. There are more and more companies making dye free foods, candy, gum, etc. Our kid can handle other color of food dyes, but will get some unpleasant GI issues with red. If you do try it, I'd start with red. Everything my wife read seemed to point to red dye being the one that can cause the most issues in kids.