Night terrors and nightmares can be frightening for both a child and his parents, especially when they start occurring in regular times. Nightmares happen during the rapid eye movement (REM) phase while sleeping. They may vary in length but the child will typically recall the things that happened in that nightmare and

what it was all about. Night terrors, however, occur about an hour or two immediately after the child has
gone to bed and has fallen asleep, and can last anywhere from the range of a few moments to an hour. They transpire in the course of the non-REM part of sleep, and even though your child’s eyes are wide open, he may be completely asleep the whole time. By the time he wakes up, he’ll have no memory of it.

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