Can eating sweets cause nightmares for toddlers? My daughter just woke up screaming in a way I've…

I don't think so... I've never had this happen to my daughter at night

It scared me and my boyfriend because it has never happened and he decided to Google it and came across all the horror stories out there and it freaked me out but I'm just praying over her and hoping the nightmares stay away!!

@jessz14,

sounds like night terrors. my daughter started getting them at 6 months which is very unheard of at that age. My Dr told me to not wake her but sometimes its too unbearable not to. usually I tend to just take her and hold her tightly to my chest (since she fights) and rock and sing to her until she wakes up or calms down.

let's hope it does!!! poor baby!! has she before eating sweats before bed??

@dreab, I really hope that if that is what it was that she doesn't have any more because it was awful! and @jessz14 she had a piece of candy after dinner but we normally don't give her sweets that close to bed time

Hmm then I'm sure it wasn't the sweats, my daughter sometimes eats sweats before bed and she sleeps fine.. she probably had a nightmare ... but she will be fine don't worry

It scared the life out of me. I found that the trigger for her was being overly tired. Thankfully she hasn't had one in almost 4 months. I hope that this was a one time occurrence for you and that the both of you are feeling better

Thank you both!! @paolasmommy2k13 and @dreab