Bed Dilemma
Michelle on Jan 28 2008 at 8:58 pm | Filed under: The Personal
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Sage hates sleeping by himself. This almost seems to be genetic. His bio-dad never liked sleeping by himself either, even when he was a kid. Sage always thinks of scary stuff at night, and he really gets scared. Sometimes I let him come in and sleep on my floor. The past couple of nights, I’ve felt bad for him so I’ve just let him sleep with me. In a lot of cultures, this would be okay, right? I’m trying not to stress over this whole situation. I hope he outgrows this fearful phase and learns to enjoy sleeping by himself. At this point, I’ve tried a lot of things–the dog in the bed, the dreamcatcher, Christmas lights looped around the top of the bunk bed, books by the bed, calming music, closet light on, silly distractions before bed….I don’t know what else to do! I don’t have the heart to force him to stay in there all night scared. He gets so scared that he will still be awake two hours after I put him to bed, even though he is tired!
What a situation.
Our Alison was the same way, and I despaired of ever getting her to sleep in her own bed. Keep working on it the way you’re doing it, but don’t stress! She outgrew it, and is now a perfectly well-adjusted almost 18 year old.