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[quote=Anonymous]Ugh. Super stressful for you, but typical/normal for this age, according to our pediatrician.

We asked her because our 12 yo DS has had some of these, as well, this year. His "freaked out wake-ups," as we call them, tend to happen very early in his sleep cycle - within the first hour of him falling asleep. We've learned not to try to waking him up fully - we just keep affirming/soothing him back to sleep, and then he's been fine the rest of the night. (I get that this is easier for us given that it's early - before we've gone to bed ourselves.)

Our pediatrician said that tweens typically outgrow this. One thing to consider, however, is whether your DS has had strep throat lately. Sometimes these type of night terrors can be lingering effects of strep, which means that your pediatrician may be able to steer you to another round of antibiotics to knock it out.

No clue about the PPs' thoughts about bullying, ADHD, Vitamin D, or anything like that.  It's certainly possible, but it never even crossed our mind or our pediatrician's. But I guess it can't hurt to gently ask your DS and/or your pediatrician.  Good luck!![/quote]

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