Learning by Momosis

Roo had nightmare tonight, and in order for him to calm down and get back to sleep I had to cup my hands tightly over his ears for over 10 minutes. The regular routine was helping him, and then he actually put my hands over his ears and held them down tightly and said something about not hearing the dream anymore.

He’s always had a profound sensitivity to sound — like the time the smoke alarm went off in the house. He wouldn’t go to sleep that night until I removed the smoke alarm and it’s bracket from the wall in his room. (The one that went off was in the kitchen.)  For the next year, the first thing he did when walking in a new room was check for smoke detectors.

I often wonder how much this affects his day to day anxiety and behavior. Hard to tell.

About 30 minutes earlier I rocked Bear back to sleep. (He’s 3.5 years old and 40 lbs now.) I’m guessing that was gas pain, and the rocking helps.

They’ve been back to sleep quite awhile now, but I’m still awake… figured it was finally time to come out of hibernation mode on the blog. Good to be back.