The Boy has nightmares--every few nights or so, he whimpers, then quiets down, then cries, then quiets down, then screams, then quiets down, and every now and again he shrieks these blood curdling shrieks that give ME nightmares.
He doesn't really wake up, and if you wake him up, he's disoriented but might babble something about monsters and mommy and daddy. If you ask him the next day, he'll say he had a bad dream, but can't (or won't) remember any of the particulars.
It's hard to know how (and whether) to comfort him because, as I said, he's not really awake. However, his roommate, The Girl, does wake up. She'll generally settle herself back down to sleep (since she has her own rigorous schedule of night wakings to maintain) unless she sees Mom or Dad in her room in which case she Wakes Up. If we ignore her awakeness and just leave the room, she screams and screams and that, of course, does wake up The Boy.
Hell, as they say, is other people. Especially siblings sharing a room.
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In other news, I made my first pilgrimage to Tar-jay in quite sometime and fell in love with the girls' clothes. I've been lucky enough in the hand-me-down department that I haven't really had to buy anything for The Girl, but today I fell in love with this.
Bring it on summer!
Alas, my Tar-jet (which I pronounce like "zhet") did not have the lusciousness to which you linked :-( V cute
Sorry to hear about the night terrors. I think it's the age...not that it makes you feel any better but we're dealing with them with J, who'll be 3 next month. Friends with older kids tell me it's a phase. Let's hope they outgrow it soon. Fingers crossed.
Posted by: Dee | May 16, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Here's what I know about night terrors: they're genetic - almost all kids who have them have at least one parent who sleep walked. The experts claim that a calming bedtime routine (particularly avoiding tv during the pre-bed hours) can help reduce them. The night terror sufferer has no memory of it in the morning, and attempts to soothe during the terrors can agitate them further. And finally, night terrors suck great big hairy donkey balls.
All three of my boys have had night terrors along the way. They do grow out of it, they really do. If his yelling doesn't bother the girl too much, I would just leave him alone. It feels horribly unnatural and wrong, but he won't remember. I promise.
Good luck!
Posted by: Kira | May 16, 2008 at 12:56 PM
I'm worried about pob getting night terrors given what kira said, as I used to sleep walk as a child. Oh well. I hope the poor Boy gets over them.
And the top is tres cute. I don't know how you've managed to restrain yourself from spending loads of moolah on lovely girlie things. I know I haven't.
Posted by: thalia | May 16, 2008 at 02:28 PM
Such a cute shirt!
Posted by: Sarah | May 16, 2008 at 04:28 PM
The top is gorgeous. It is very hard sometimes for the parents of a bitty boy. Because we all know that girls get the best stuff. My only consolation is to buy the girly things for myself...but I'm pretty sure that top's not in my size....
Posted by: OvaGirl | May 18, 2008 at 06:53 AM
I'm the last person to give advice on night wakings and siblings who share rooms. Riley has nightmares and is just a restless, dream-filled sleeper. It's hard to know what to do--sometimes when Riley is screaming, he is awake, and sometimes not. Sometimes he wakes up Maddie, and sometimes not. It *always* wakes up me. Sigh. I feel your pain.
Love the shirt. So cute! Can't wait for summer to get here. Please? Soon?
Posted by: snickollet | May 19, 2008 at 11:43 AM
I got an adorable khaki skirt (w/shorts underneath) at Tar-jay for Miss M--that top would go really well.
And sigh on the 2 kids in a room thing. We actually had all four family members sleeping in the same room while on vacation and it was fine, so my husband is desperate to get them bunked together at home. They're fine sleeping through each other's night rustlings, but cannot go to sleep together. There is giggling and poking and talking, and what AM needs to go to sleep is a warm body close by...ignoring his existence. I guess we would have to stagger the bedtimes?
Posted by: Kate | May 19, 2008 at 05:25 PM
"since she has her own rigorous schedule of night wakings to maintain" LOL! I feel your pain.
Love the shirt. Tarjey has some cute kids clothes, that's for sure.
Posted by: caramama | May 19, 2008 at 11:07 PM