My daughter (3yo) just woke up terrified at 4:30am...

She got out of bed screaming, me and my partner went in her room and she was terrified saying something was in her bed. I looked and she peed her bed so I assumed it was just that. She refused to get back in bed she was literally shaking she was so scared... I brought her in my room and she did the same thing when I tried to put the blanket on... She won't let me put her down at all... I had to ask my partner to call off work because I also have an 8mo...she keeps saying it's a wormy and wormy bit her on the leg. Theres no bite, I thought maybe a snake got in but I dont see anything in her room... She is just so scared and I don't know what to do... Everytime I out her on my bed she creeks out... And even when we hold her occasionally she still freaks out saying the wormy is back... I don't know what scare dher but it scared her good...

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Could it have been a night terror? My partner gets them quite often and he says it’s feels like it’s real life. There has been times that he has physically jumped out of bed while shouting and he really struggles to get back to sleep afterwards, often stays up the rest of the night

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Sounds like a nightmare.

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My first thought was night terrors. I wouldn’t take her to the er or paed for that unless it was a regular occurrence and was affecting her sleep.

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Unless she looks like she has a bite mark itll be a nightmare/night terror, lots of cuddles and reassurance and then she'll bs okay

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You could talk to her doctor but it's not an emergency just a nightmare

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2 hours later and she still freaking out every time she thinks something is touching her.. She won't even sit on the potty to go pee she so scared...

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