First Nightmare

Carter had his first nightmare last week. He woke up screaming crying at about 11 so I rushed in there with Tylenol in hand thinking he didn't feel good. I found him crouched in a little ball at the end of his crib (yes, he still sleeps in a crib) screaming/crying. When I went to pick him up he was shaking! He told me there was a bug in his bed. Of course I panicked a little and luckily he sleeps with a little glow seahorse so I turned that on and scanned his bed...no sign of a bug. I asked him if he saw it...nope...did he feel it...nope. I then realized it was a nightmare. The poor little boy was SCARED to DEATH. I held him and rocked him for a while. I love when I get to do that. Drew snoozed through the whole event. When it was time for him (and me) to get back to bed I had to double check his bed and show him there were no bugs. I got him an extra snugly blanket from the couch and he drifted back to sleep. Ugh - it was not fun. Poor little guy!