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Ellie
I want to get a watch that monitors my heart rate when I run. I've seen some with a chest strap and some with out. I would rather not wear the strap but do the the ones without work just as well? My budget is up to £25
Answer
you can get a watch in Argos for 65 euros which will give you your heart rate by touching part of its surface with your finger but the strap may be more accurate as its gives you a continuous reading.
you can get a watch in Argos for 65 euros which will give you your heart rate by touching part of its surface with your finger but the strap may be more accurate as its gives you a continuous reading.
My toddler woke up screaming as if he was being attacked. He has a terrified look on his face?
Leigh R
Last night was the worst night of my whole life. My 2 year old woke up screaming as if he was being attacked at 1am. I ran in there and he was standing up red face real tears and a terrified face. I grabbed him and he rapped his arms and legs around me. I took him in my room and he kept saying scary, what's that? And pointing at nothing. Jumping and making worried noices. Tryed to put him down and cuddle him and he layd down for like 1 min and then shot up and started to scream again. I put the light on to show nothing is here. I put the telly on for a bit. Then he calmed down and he wouldn't sleep in bed with me so I put him back in his bed. Seamed ok when I put him down. As soon as i walked out. The same thing happened. Got him up again and he was doing the same thing jumping pointing and moving away from 'nothing.' He was scaring me. Finally got to sleep at 4, What couldn't be the course of this. He has always been such a good sleeper until last night. It was horrible to see.
Answer
It is important as an adult not to reflect your son's behaviour from a view from an adult.
Straight away the whole situation screams, "Ghosts or paranormal" style activity but this is something we learn about as we get older, a child wouldn't understand this and would actually (if they do exist) find them interesting rather than scary.
As your child is 2 years old, they are at a point of their life where they absorb the world around them. They will watch an advert and then talk about it 3 days later, "What was the advert with the car about?" [or words of more simple wording] or, they will comment on something you said earlier. You hear lots of stories about mum's just letting a swear word slip and the child repeating it at pre-school.
Therefore, based on this an experience I would say it sounds as if you're child has had a bad nightmare which he has now gotten confused with real life. Have you ever had a dream you thought was so real you woke up thinking it was true? That's an adult trying to make sense of a dream, imagine what it feels like for a child. Furthermore, If you were in a room with a group of people - the lights suddenly went off and someone screamed, how would you feel? You would probably feel scared senseless and possibly scream back. This is called living off one-another's-fear and this is something young children pick up on! If your body language was worried and scared, the likelihood is the child will reflect this!
The fact that he was pointing at something shows that his fear is to one particular area, what ever it may be. It could even be an attention thing! I had this with my daughter when she was younger! She would complain of tummy ache whenever I had to leave for work, but her Grandmother said she heard nothing more of it once I was actually gone- she was protesting me leaving and this was around when she was 2 as well. This could be solved by using a "baby cam" which you can find in Argos. Instead of having the "TV screen" in your room, showing the baby - switch it to show your son you're safe, okay and happy.
Furthermore, if this is the stereotypical "monsters under the bed" type of behaviour often seen in children a good thing to do is a nightlight and insure that the bedroom door isn't shut totally! Getting some air freshener and calling it "monster spray!" a quick squirt here and there and it dissolves the monsters in the room, they won't hurt anyone anymore - this type of level explanation insures that your child understands it!! Think of it in their eyes, if the tooth fairy and Santa exist then sure as hell a monster can a simple, "he doesn't exist" may put the child in a calm state for the first ten minuets and then imagination takes hold and he (the monster) is suddenly as real as you or his father!
Just at night time be sure to explain that his room is safe, maybe try and involve play (jigsaws, car mat etc) in there for an hour rather than the lounge so it isn't such a big shock and change when he has to go to bed later on- although, don't do this too often or for too long as the room should be associated with rest and sleep not play time and loud fun!
I hope this advice has helped you. Another idea is playing soothing music into his room at night.
It is important as an adult not to reflect your son's behaviour from a view from an adult.
Straight away the whole situation screams, "Ghosts or paranormal" style activity but this is something we learn about as we get older, a child wouldn't understand this and would actually (if they do exist) find them interesting rather than scary.
As your child is 2 years old, they are at a point of their life where they absorb the world around them. They will watch an advert and then talk about it 3 days later, "What was the advert with the car about?" [or words of more simple wording] or, they will comment on something you said earlier. You hear lots of stories about mum's just letting a swear word slip and the child repeating it at pre-school.
Therefore, based on this an experience I would say it sounds as if you're child has had a bad nightmare which he has now gotten confused with real life. Have you ever had a dream you thought was so real you woke up thinking it was true? That's an adult trying to make sense of a dream, imagine what it feels like for a child. Furthermore, If you were in a room with a group of people - the lights suddenly went off and someone screamed, how would you feel? You would probably feel scared senseless and possibly scream back. This is called living off one-another's-fear and this is something young children pick up on! If your body language was worried and scared, the likelihood is the child will reflect this!
The fact that he was pointing at something shows that his fear is to one particular area, what ever it may be. It could even be an attention thing! I had this with my daughter when she was younger! She would complain of tummy ache whenever I had to leave for work, but her Grandmother said she heard nothing more of it once I was actually gone- she was protesting me leaving and this was around when she was 2 as well. This could be solved by using a "baby cam" which you can find in Argos. Instead of having the "TV screen" in your room, showing the baby - switch it to show your son you're safe, okay and happy.
Furthermore, if this is the stereotypical "monsters under the bed" type of behaviour often seen in children a good thing to do is a nightlight and insure that the bedroom door isn't shut totally! Getting some air freshener and calling it "monster spray!" a quick squirt here and there and it dissolves the monsters in the room, they won't hurt anyone anymore - this type of level explanation insures that your child understands it!! Think of it in their eyes, if the tooth fairy and Santa exist then sure as hell a monster can a simple, "he doesn't exist" may put the child in a calm state for the first ten minuets and then imagination takes hold and he (the monster) is suddenly as real as you or his father!
Just at night time be sure to explain that his room is safe, maybe try and involve play (jigsaws, car mat etc) in there for an hour rather than the lounge so it isn't such a big shock and change when he has to go to bed later on- although, don't do this too often or for too long as the room should be associated with rest and sleep not play time and loud fun!
I hope this advice has helped you. Another idea is playing soothing music into his room at night.
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