This sounds like hypnogogic hallucinations to me - you know - that feeling of falling that you sometimes get just as you are falling asleep that makes you jump??? All of my 3 kids jumped sometimes during sleep, adults do too. Hasn't the paed ever seen a human asleep?? Fiona (wondering where all the common sense has gone). Fiona Coombes MBBS IBCLC [log in to unmask] Lactation Consultant, Family Physician Perth Western Australia