night terrors

night terrors are the strangest phenomenon. if i had not experienced them first hand i would think that they are just intense nightmares. wrong. they are freaky. ben wakes up screaming and then kicks and screams at me that he wants mommy and then he sits in his bed moaning like a lost puppy. sometimes he will beg for random food items: juice, cereal, or a sandwich which he demands to the point of hysteria. i get it for him and then he ignores it. this goes on until suddenly the lights turn back on in his head and suddenly he is back to my sweet little boy telling me the most random of stories. then he lays back down and is out in 2 seconds. and i sit there staring at this sweet little angel thinking what on earth just happened?