***YIKES, my teenager is sleep/talking/walking!***

Lilia,

Wow, I didn't hear Jade talk or sleep walk when I visited you. Maybe you should speak to her Pediatrican about these episode and she what she has to say. I don't know much about this but I'm sure that you can do some research on the internet.

Please tell my Jade that I love her very much and can't wait for her to spend the summer with me. 

My 11 year old son sleepwalks.  He has done this since he was small.  He doesn't really talk when he's doing it.  For him, there seems to be a direct corolation with sleepwalking and a full bladder.  It's like he wakes up enough to realize he has to use the bathroom, but not enough to know he's in the kitchen.    Yes...we have had some incidents.  I was told it would probably go away once puberty hit.  It does seem to be happening less and less.  Since your daughter is a teenager ..does she have something on her mind at school that maybe is interrupting her sleep?

edited to add: this is one reason I am leary of going camping.  All I can see is him wandering away in his sleep. Ugh

I agree, mention this to the pediatrician.  These things are called "parasomnias" -- my son had them a lot when he was little, when he was between ages 6 and 12 they were only occasional -- then "spiked" for a while when he was about 14-15 and they seemed more psychologically intense, more fearful and urgent.  Unfortunately, our pediatrician was completely dismissive of just about EVERYTHING, so we didn't get much support at the time!  But it did seem to go away completely after he was 15 or 16.

If your pediatrician is NOT helpful, I think Beth's recommendation of a sleep clinic might be a good next step, and I also think the advice about baby monitor and baby gate is really good.

I STILL sleepwalk occasionally. My mother could sit up, open her eyes, carry on conversations for a hour or more, and not remember any of it the next morning.

The scariest was one time when I was living in a apartment with above the tub linen closet. You had to climb on the toilet, put one foot on the tub, and raise your arm over your head. I woke up in the morning with a blanket on me that I had stored the week before. Would have given a whole new meaning to "died in her sleep."

LOL

I will sleep talk and sometimes sit up and tell my DH that there's a giant spider on me and make him check under the sheets or something equally ridiculous. I've always wondered what prompts such lucid "dreaming." 

I don't know what causes sleepwalking, and the act itself wouldn't bother me too much, but I too would be concerned about the possibility of her harming herself. I've heard stories of sleepwalkers driving or making sandwiches (using knives!), etc... I think maybe a sleep clinic would be where I'd go. Please let us know when you get some answers. Of course everyone wants your daughter to be safe and well, but it's also fascinating to learn about. xoxo

Erica

Lilia - glad to hear things are better. I have no ideas, just wanted to share that my youngest  (26)is Jade, too!  My only dark-haired child out of 4, a gifted dancer, whose passion and fire would light up the stage! 

 A name that, I hoped, would never suffer from nicknames,( except that we've called her "Jadie-poo" ) and her initials "JAM" have always been easy to identify.

 I love the name and am always delighted when I hear of another one.

I tried to PM you about sending an e-mail, but I'm a bozo-brain, and couldn't figure out how to do it.  I guess I'm just a dumb rubbernecker.

NBN, so glad your daughter is doing better, hope it continues.  My daughter, when she was younger, had 'night terrors'.  She finally out grew them when she was around 13, but Wow, it was my nightmare too.  Horrible dreams that were so real to her.  Just thinking about them again makes me shudder.  Just another sleep disorder I thought I'd mention.