Parent Light Switch

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

You have nothing to lose by trying it, except maybe a pissed off toddler!

That's sort of their natural state anyway so NBD.

[poky]

That's sort of their natural state anyway so NBD.

*thread hijack*

This week's This American Life podcast is about "monster babies", and a guy who's written a book on "bad babies" was on and he said he's convinced that asking when people "go bad" is the wrong question; that sociopaths are adults who, for whatever reason, are two year olds who didn't develop empathy and other social coping strategies. Ira pulled out this quote, too: "Families survive the terrible twos because toddlers aren’t strong enough to kill with their hands & aren’t capable of using lethal weapons"

*/thread hijack*

[HouseofWool]

*thread hijack*

This week's This American Life podcast is about "monster babies", and a guy who's written a book on "bad babies" was on and he said he's convinced that asking when people "go bad" is the wrong question; that sociopaths are adults who, for whatever reason, are two year olds who didn't develop empathy and other social coping strategies. Ira pulled out this quote, too: "Families survive the terrible twos because toddlers aren’t strong enough to kill with their hands & aren’t capable of using lethal weapons"

*/thread hijack*

There is some truth in that statement.

I have a fan girl crush on Ira.

C-take out the light bulbs and tell him he gets them back when he can use them appropriately.

[SuzySunshine]

I took out 4 of the 5 we'll see how it goes

[SuzySunshine]

So we have finally figured out that all lights on, sleeping in weird places, not wanting to go to sleep is because he's having bad dreams. I feel so bad for him but I don't know what to do?? He told me tonight he didn't want to go to sleep because he didn't want to dream. I snuggled with him and reminded him that dreams aren't real and that mommy and daddy will always protect him. I haven't heard him cry out in his sleep lately but obviously they're still bothering him. Any ideas for what to do?

[v-girl]

Poor little guy. 😟


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[Pollyanna]

I would let him do what makes him comfortable. If he wants a light on or the door open or garlic cloves hanging by his bed (). Let him know he can come to you anytime when he is scared (I'm sure he knows this but sometimes they need a reminder to come see you and daddy in the middle of the night). He will outgrow the dreams that are bothering him.

[ladymoreta]

He told me tonight he didn't want to go to sleep because he didn't want to dream.

How is it that our boys' sleep problems are all so similar?! DS has been saying the exact same thing! I don't have a good solution, obviously. I've been telling him if he's scared, he can call for me, and I will come. We also got him a Dream Light turtle (projects stars), and he has a Flashlight Friend dragon. We also have a nightlight and let him sleep with his door open if he wants. When he has bad dreams, I let him talk them through, and we talk a lot about "next time". For example, he had a nightmare about a big, and we talked about next time if he dreams about it, he can just stomp on it. I don't know that it actually helps, but it seems to help calm him down at the time.