The Nightmare nightmare

Yep, the nightmares are back in town.

From the age of about 2yrs to about 4yrs, my eldest had nightmares at 10:30pm and night terrors at 2am. Nothing we could do. Then, for no reason we ever worked out, the frequency began to decrease. By about 4.5yrs old, he still woke around 10:30 every night, but settling was much easier, and the 2am wake was largely gone altogether. Everyone was much happier (he used to scream so much he woke everyone except himself).

Now, they're back. Can't say I've missed them. Thankfully, it seems to be only from about 9:30pm to midnight, and only nightmares. But every night! We are all looking haggard. Poor chap remembers having 'bad dreams' but can't remember what about.

We've banned all potentially scary TV and movies (not that this seems to help). So frustrating. I've Googled and read, and it seems there is nothing to do except wait for them to pass again and cope as best we can in the meantime.