Nathan had his second round of night terrors last night. It sucked about as much as the first time, although we at least recognized what it was much faster this time. It took about 10-15 minutes for him to wake up at all. He kept calling out for Daddy, but with exactly zero realization that I was there. I was right there, though, despite the fact that he was beating the holy living hell out of me with the goddamned Dennis-Brown Bar (the shoes-on-a-brace he needs to wear at night for his club feet) while thrashing around the bed in terror.
Also like last time, the night terrors followed a fever by a few days.
He did eventually wake up and realize that Meredith and I were there, although it took him another 15 minutes or so to calm down enough to have the slightest interest in getting back into bed. He went back to sleep fairly quickly, snuggled up next to Meredith, although it took me another half-hour before I could drift off at all, and I still woke up every time he made any noise in the night.
Also, my legs are still bruised from that bar.
Posted by Mike at December 27, 2006 08:01 PMMy son is in his 3rd week of casts and will start wearing the Dennis Brown Bar in two more weeks. I wanted to know how hard it was for your cutie to handle these.
Posted by: Tracy on July 9, 2007 06:37 PM