Comments on: Scared At Night

By: nobleMama

nobleMama — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:36:17 +0000

Barbara,
Wow! Your bedtime ritual is beautiful. I love your giving and peaceful attitude toward your children’s bedtime needs. I am in full agreement, mama. Thank you so much for sharing.

By: Barbara Frazier

Barbara Frazier — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:09:56 +0000

I have four children three of whom are five. We have had any number of children join us in bed on any given nights and in waves. We have many bedtime rituals, we start with bath, teeth and hair. Then either my husband or I read a book or chapter or two of a book. Then we turn on a noise machine(available at Target in the foot care dept) to waves, turn on a “stary “night light that goes out in 30 min( I got it at Walmart for @$5.)and we say the same thing and leave the room. Every night we tell our children “I love you higher then the sky, Deeper then the ocean and more then words can say” There have been changes on the theme but the feeling is the same . I have no problem with them coming in and they know we are there for them most nights my husband and I are alone….I figure they are not always going to have a the need or desire and will be on their own soon enough as my ten year old has proven. We have a great snuggle in the morning talking about dreams wishes for the day and what we are going to do… luck and sweet dreams. peace B

By: Saba Moritz

Saba Moritz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:39:46 +0000

Even though our two year old daughter has been in a “Bench Bed” (she calls it that) for over 2 months now, she recently discovered that she can get out of her room, which she has been doing for the past week in the middle of the night, saying I don’t want to sleep in my room. What is working for us are two things: Having her room as dark as possible, and incentives that we discussed before she went to bed. We noticed that she really disliked any kind of glowing like (orange light from her music player, and green from her humidifier). They wouldn’t necessarily wake her up, but when she was awakened by some night terror, the lights were bothering her. A naturalpath once told me glowing colorful lights in the dark can be a brain stimulus for some people. For the last 3 nights she hasn’t come out. Hope this helps Lynn. Best of Luck.