Last night (at what hour, I have no idea) Paige came in our room visibly shaken up by a dream she had. While we've had our share of sleep issues with Paige, she has slept through the night for a nice long while now. Therefore, she jumped in bed with us. About ten minutes later she hugged me and said, "My dream was so scary."
Tonight it was becoming obvious that she had anxiety about having this dream again. We've been talking about conquering fears lately (like, say, from a flu shot needle) and so we did that same thing about this. But this was different. She was being mature and trying not to cry and carry on. When I asked her if she wanted to talk about the dream she started telling me that it always happens in the same house because she has had the dream before and the guy is always the same and he has green eyes. She then couldn't maintain composure and gave in to her quivering chin and large tears. I felt so bad for her and this fear of falling asleep - like a teen in a horror flick. Therefore, I layed on her floor until I thought she was asleep. But then she woke and now I believe Rich is up there doing shift 2. I'm sure we'll see her again tonight and I'm sure she'll be exhausted tomorrow.
On a related note, I recently realized that I watch no "adult" TV throughout the day (meaning mainly the Today Show - my fave) and that I could probaby do that here and there. Only then I realized why. Not because the kids are begging for Lilo and Stitch but because I can usually only get through 1 story until there is a disturbing one that would promote too many questions and force me to say the ultimate truth: there are bad things and bad people in this world and reason to be scared. Only the longer my kids can live without that reality, the better.
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Ya know, Jared doesn't understand that I'm scared when I'm home alone with Evelyn while he's working nights. He tells me it's stupid and I'll be fine. But I'm always scared and sometimes lose sleep over it-checking to make sure the doors are locked and she's still in her crib. It's because I watch the news. It's a terrible world out there and I never want Evelyn to leave the house. I feel ya, Kar, I feel ya.
poor sweetie. those dreams (especially bad re-occurring ones) are the worst.
I'm so sorry for Paige. I had a recurring, scary dream when I was a kid, too, and it made for many sleepless nights. There is nothing worse than being exhausted, but afraid to fall asleep. It's also somewhat telling that the dream is the same every time, including the same house and the same "guy" - maybe it's an indication of something else? Poor thing. I don't watch the news - ever. I get my news on MSN in the morning, and I read what I want to read. Hang in there, guys.
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