Many people assume that because I am a sleep coach, my children are perfect sleepers. I will say, most nights are great, but there are the off nights.
Last night my 7 year old daughter woke at 1:40 and came to our room and said she was scared. I walked her back to her room, tucked her back in, gave her a hug and a kiss and she let me leave. Normally she would need me to talk a bit about what she was scared of and to think of some good thoughts she could think of. Not last night, I didn't hear from her again.
And then when I got up this morning I learned about what really happened when I went back to sleep. My daughter told me she climbed in bed with my 5 year old son, asked him if she could sleep with him and he said yes. Ok, not too bad right?
Then, I talk to my husband who had already left for work. He tells me he got a drink of water at 3:15AM and noticed there was a door closed that normally isn't. He opened the door and heard some noise in my son's room. He went in and found my son on the floor playing with toys and talking. He put him back in bed and went back to sleep. He had no idea that my daughter was in there.
Apparently, my daughter got in my son's bed, they "rested" according to her, and then she asked him if they could play. So they got up and started playing in the middle of the night! We're not sure how long they had been playing, or where my daughter was when my husband went into my son's room. When she gets home from school I'm going to ask her where she was - we're wondering if she was hiding somewhere!
See, so no one's kids are perfect sleepers!! (Although I will say they didn't wake us up during the middle of the night playtime!)
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