Bad dreams

Our poor little baby had his first and hopefully his last night
terror last night. We put him to bed for the night at 7:30. Around
9:30 he cried out and I went in and picked him up. He's been getting
up multiple times a night for the last two months or so. I usually
pick him up and rock him a bit and he goes back down. But after
rocking him a few times he didn't settle down like he usually does. He
was hysterical for like ten minutes. He wouldn't open his eyes. We
tried everything we could to wake him up but nothing helped. He stayed
upset. He was also holding his head a bit to one side. I tried
massaging his neck incase he'd somehow pulled a muscle while he was
sleeping. We tried putting him down in his bed because that usually
wakes him up. He cried for a bit longer and eventually settled down
and opened his eyes. He whimpered a few times but otherwise was fine
and he wasn't holding his head to the side anymore. Ray made him a
bottle and sat down on the couch. He just seemed really drowsy, took
most of the bottle, and went back to sleep. He didn't wake up again
till this morning.
Donna had told me before about her daughter and granddaughter having
night terrors. So I told Ray that might have been what it was. I
called Donna and talked to her and she said it sounded like the same
thing.
So we looked it up online and it says that they are completely
asleep. It usually starts about and an hour and a half after they go
to bed. They usually don't remember them. It says it could be caused
by pain, like him teething. Or by being overly tired. You're not
supposed to wake them up or pick them up because it makes it worse.
Although I think that's going to be hard to do since he seems so
upset. It can also happen monthly, weekly, or nightly. Also they are
usually really sleepy afterward. It said to wake them up about and
hour into sleeping to try to break the sleep cycle.
I hope he never has another one. It was terrifying to watch. We didn't
know what was wrong with him or how to help him. He seems fine this
morning though. A little sleepy.