Today Bug woke up from his nap whining. I had to calm him down (from what I have no idea) for a half an hour then we spent another good half hour just playing silly toddler like. But more than that, not only tonight, but other nights he'll wake up crying. Or come out of his room in the morning claiming that his closet door made a "low sound". In any case, right now I'm not sure if he is just pretending he is scared so he gets more awake time, or if he really is.
I figured that if he was coming to me asking for a hug with a smile on his face, he is pretending and is glad I'm soaking it up. And yes, he did do this tonight. He is currently crying in his room because I denied him more hugs for this very reason. He didn't seem to need them in the way that I was initially thinking.
On the other hand, if he IS having night-time fears, how do I help him avoid it? He has already seen Monsters Inc. a few times and loves it. He actually (at one point tonight of trying to get out of his room so he could sleep) he asked me to open his closet door so he could say hi to the monsters. He's no dummy. But then again... if it isn't monsters he's afraid of, what is it? And if I don't know what he is afraid of (or even IF he is afraid of anything) then how am I going to help him?
Another thought. Maybe he is having nightmares? Uh... how do you explain to an almost three year old what a dream is? He can't tell me if he doesn't know what it is in the first place.
Ah well.... I'm not sure what to do with my little Bug. At least he isn't pretending he is going to throw up, right Jan?
2 comments:
I still don't know what you are having. boy or girl? do you know? can I just not find it on your blog?
-Lisa
how could I have forgotten that almost throwing up phase?
One of my friends told me an idea for nightmares (if that is what it is), you can have them draw the nightmare and then stomp on it. Might be for older kids...anyways its an idea.
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