Whilst in a cot, my daughter always slept through the night. Although she did used to wake very briefly every night. I can only descibe them as minnie night terrors, as she used to scream for approx 1 min then take herself back to sleep.
When she reached 2 1/2 we moved her into a bed and she slept well, but sometimes done the same, but I was not concerned, I never had to go into her.

Then we went to the usa for a holiday. She had a huge night terror that lasted about an hour on the plane, which was terrible. On the 3 week vacation she had little night terrors every night. I had to share a king bed with her, but this still did not help with her sleep. I know she was proberly out of sink with the time differnce and all of the excitement. One night in particular she had a night terror every 20 minutes !

I put it down to being in a strange bed, but we have been home for 6 weeks and it has contuined in her own bed. I have had to put a stair gate up at her door as although sometimes she was having night terrors and I heard her, sometimes she was just coming into my room in silence and I was worried she would walk round the house and I would not hear her. She has had a bad case of tonsilitous with a temperature and that made the situation worse. She was having bad night terrors about every hour all through the night. I put it down to her being so poorly. She has recovered now, but just seems to be in a terrible sleeping pattern, of sleeping for about 2 hours, then waking and crying at the gate about every hour through the night. Making different excuses, tummy ache, drink, needs a wee etc but normaly letting me put her straight back to bed without much fuss, until the next time. I am excusted and do not know what to do, please help.

Did you try asking her daughter about if she is really NOT feeling very sleepy, or if she is scared about something? Kids sometimes get easily scared on seeing something (Shadows, images, fairy tale monsters), and they look for adult company all the time. Do try to find out what is on her mind, and then give her calm asurance that all will be fine.

Another method would be to keep her very very busy and active throughout the day, so that she is too tired to wake up at nights. This is a tried and tested method with kids who won't go to sleep at night.

Take care.

I found this on babycenter.com

There are several steps you can take to reduce the chances that your toddler will have night terrors. First, make sure that he's getting enough sleep, since children who go to bed overtired are more likely to experience these sleep disturbances. To avoid fatigue, extend your toddler's nap time, let him sleep a little later in the morning, or put him to bed earlier at night. And be sure to schedule plenty of time for calming bedtime rituals, such as a bath, a song, a book, and lots of cuddling.

Since night terrors usually occur during the first part of the night, you could also try gently rousing your toddler after he's been asleep for an hour or two — about 15 minutes before the typical episode would start. This should alter his sleep pattern enough to head off the night terror at the pass.

First I learned long time ago , no two kids are the same, after raising 5.

Things we did, light on ( love lights with dimmer so you can adjust it "just right")
Took poster with figures on them off he walls
Did a nightly "monster" hunt, in closet and under the bed
Left the closet door open, make sure it was closed ( depended on the kid)

I loved the guardian bear or dog ( stuffed animal) we picked one out to protect them during the night

Is the bed too hard or too soft for them, just like we like a certain type of bed they may also.

Soft music playing in background.

Have them stay up a little latter , not every kid needs or wants to go to sleep at 8 pm * what ever yours is**

And some night mares are linked to real fears they have in life