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I'm following this because my fourteen month old will wake up screaming from a nap, inconsolable sometimes. We thought nightmares. It's not that often, but if it becomes often, I plan to keep a food log. I think there's some evidence that certain foods could trigger them. Not sure if it would help!

@sorrycharlie: Poor O! We've been battling this for a couple months, the other night she was freaking out about the man in the truck...which just breaks my heart. She's also came in our room crying about the giant and the monsters.

@sorrycharlie: HAHA yes I would too. E usually darts into our room after a bad dream and then we have another bed guest the rest of the night.

my 2.5 year old has had them since she was about 9 months old. She will just wake up screaming and inconsolable. I just feel so bad for her

Yep, my 2.5 year old has a lot of nightmares about robots. We got her a wall light in the shape of a bug from IKEA and let her have it on all night. She loves her bug light. I also have some lavender essential oil spray and I tell her it's "good dream" spray and spray it for her before bed-- she loves the smell and seems to relax when I spray it. These things haven't fixed the waking and screaming issue completely, but they do help.

Poor O - that sounds heartbreaking! What about using a Tot Clock? You can adjust the brightness and it stays on constantly (here's a link if you're not familiar with what I am talking about: http://www.amazon.com/My-Tot-Clock-Original/dp/B00FCC5E5M ) which may help. The other thing we do with DD, who admittedly has not had nightmares but is not a fan of the dark, is use a string of lights that we keep on all night. Right now, it's her little artificial Christmas tree with LED lights that stay on all night, but the rest of the time we use a strand of dragonfly lights, also LED so they don't get hot. We just have them strung across her wall and she loves them.

Not sure if that helps at all but I hope sweet O starts having more peaceful sleeps soon!