Ok...have you ever experienced night terrors?? I have now. Jack has been having them in a major way.
Last week at life group the kids wathced Monster Inc. ( a movie Jack loves) Well that evening he woke up terrified of the 'purple eyed monster'. He was so upset and then vomitted.
Well every night since he is scared to sleep in his room alone and wants us to sleep with him. He wakes up about every 45 minutes and screams for us. I couldn't understand how all of a sudden he was scared of monsters- he has watched that movie I don't know how many times!
Then, last night I heard him talking and crying in his sleep saying, 'NO! Get off of me. Leave me alone'
When I asked him about it he said it was Cooper. Cooper is a kid at the babysitter's who has bothered Jack for quite awhile. He is always in his face and hits him and pushes him down, according to Jack. The babysitter confirmed that yes Cooper does do all that. He often tells us he doesn't like Cooper.
I don't want to be overprotective but I also think this must be a pretty serious thing for Jack to be so upset about it. Oh yeah- and he also wet the bed last night after his nightmare...
Any suggestions?? My desire is so protect my child but not to over react. Is this just a phase or...? I don't know.
It's hard to see your kids going through a hard time and not being able to help.
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First of all...get the frogs off of your blog!! Did you know I am deathly afraid of them and have a panic attack if I even see one!!! Nightmares for me!
ReplyDeleteSecond, did you ever think of playing music for him during the night...we do that for Haven and we know she subconsciously thinks about it because she knows the songs so well! It may get his mind off of it and let him know he is at home safe. Just a thought.
Rebecca
Oh Rebecca!!! I did know that about your fear-SORRY!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is a great idea about the music...i will definitely try that.
Thankyou!