Snacks has been talking in his sleep for as long as I can remember. I used to run in to his room when he sat up and try to make sense of what he was saying. I'd try to get him to repeat himself; tell me what he needed and try to calm him if he was agitated, which typically didn't work.
Until I finally learned that even though his eyes are open and he's sitting up in bed, he's ASLEEP and not rational. So now I just do the best I can to try to get him to lie back down without engaging him in conversation.
Tonight when he sat up and gestured to me and said, "I need something fat...," I just kissed him, laid him back down and said, "Okay, honey, I'll go right out and get that for you."
And back to sleep he went.
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in my house. I would have just assumed he needed his daddy.
What a curious request....glad you don't have night terrors or such to contend with.
I love the little red shoes, I did that for Micheyla when she was little too.
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Congrats and have a great day,
Mama Bear
sounds like you gave him exactly what he needed?
If it makes you feel any better...Monkey Butt sleeps with his eyes open and Bry-onicle had night terrors until he was three.
Sounds to me like you did just fine!
-ak
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