This typical problem may have a deeper source.

When the baby won't sleep, we swear sometimes it's their way of showing us who's boss. But one Mom's story of sleepless nights at Lil' Sugar may actually shed light on a reason behind the all-nighters: Night Terrors. As she writes, "Nothing prepares a mom to be jolted awake by a blood curdling scream. In the past few months, my son's gutteral wail occasionally sounds and there's no getting used to it. "

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