A common sleep disorder that toddlers experience is night terrors. According to Edelman, Kudzma, and Mandle (2014), night terrors are when a child has “frightening dreams that cause the child to sit up in bed, scream, stare at an imaginary object, breathe heavily, perspire, and appear in obvious distress” (pg. 457). During the terror, the child is not awake and they may be inconsolable for up to a period of ten minutes (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014). Afterwards, the child will fall back to sleep quietly. It is imperative to educate parents about night terrors because they can be very frightening when they observe their child having one. As the child continues to develop, the night terrors will decrease in frequency (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle,
