Child screaming in sleep dream

Many parents will find that their children are often restless when they sleep at night. For example, they will kick the quilt, move suddenly, turn over frantically, fall off the bed accidentally, and in serious cases, they may even shout and scream. If the baby shouts and screams at night, it can be considered that the baby is having a nightmare. Pay attention to the child's emotions and provide timely guidance.

Nightmares refer to dreams with horrific contents that cause anxiety and fear as the main symptoms of sleep disorders. Nightmares are more common among children and can occur at any age, but are most common in preschool and school-age children. There is no obvious gender difference, and the incidence rate is about 1%.

How can babies overcome the fear of nightmares? Nightmares are the "safety valve" of babies' emotions.

1. Folklore factors

According to traditional folk customs, there are three types of nightmares. The first is a dead person appearing in a dream, the second is evil spirits causing trouble, and the third is seeing terrible things that will happen in the future. People began to study nightmares very early, which led to the Zhou Gong Interpretation of Dreams. By dreaming about different objects, people can analyze what disasters may be encountered in the future and prevent them.

Folklore believes that nightmares are a very unlucky omen. If the prophecy of the dream is not eliminated, all kinds of terrible things will happen in the future. Therefore, you need to ask a magician to use "four-leaf lucky stone, rose gold, cherry blossom stone, Dharma salt, and red carp scales" to make a stone tablet amulet, and then you must add seals to the seal book according to your birthday: those born in March, April, and May of the lunar calendar need to add "Ice Butterfly Seal, Yamagibata Seal, and Watanabe Aoi Crab Seal" to the seal book. Those born in June, July and August of the lunar calendar need to add "Leaf Shadow Seal, Nine Rainbow Brocade Sound Seal and Thousand Sails Fan Seal" to the seal book. Those born in September, October and November of the lunar calendar need to add "Thousand Leaf Vine Seal, Chrysanthemum Seal and Baimujing Seal" to the seal book. Those born in December, January and February of the lunar calendar need to add "Takeuchi Koga Seal, Otonashi Kyoko Seal, and Kuransuke Seal" to the seal book. But this is just superstition. Having nightmares has no direct connection with good or bad fortune, so don't worry about it.

Excessive tension and excitement before going to bed, such as the first time a child sleeps in an unfamiliar environment away from his parents, various inner conflicts and anxiety can all induce this syndrome. Listening to horror stories or watching horror movies before going to bed can also be one of the triggers.

3. Physical factors

Physical discomforts such as fever, polluted bedroom air, too thick bedding, improper sleeping posture, and pressure on the chest can all induce it. In addition, bad eating habits, such as eating too much at dinner or eating too little and being hungry, are also one of the causes of this disease.