Comments on: Toddler nightmares http://www.daddeeyah.com/2007/11/29/toddler-nightmares/ Her first words. What will be his? Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:31:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Daddee http://www.daddeeyah.com/2007/11/29/toddler-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Daddee Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:51:42 +0000 http://www.daddeeyah.com/2007/11/29/toddler-nightmares/#comment-163 Hi Chris, Thanks for the example of how to engage the little ones. Caitlin can recite her numbers up till 10, anything in the teens she still gets confused. Can't really count properly either at the moment. But I do welcome her middle-of-night pleas for assistance to pee. It's progress or achievement in the toilet training area. But your "reward" trips to the dollar-store would give her a sense of achievement too, I feel. Does she know how to budget yet? Hi Chris,
Thanks for the example of how to engage the little ones. Caitlin can recite her numbers up till 10, anything in the teens she still gets confused. Can’t really count properly either at the moment.

But I do welcome her middle-of-night pleas for assistance to pee. It’s progress or achievement in the toilet training area.

But your “reward” trips to the dollar-store would give her a sense of achievement too, I feel.

Does she know how to budget yet?

]]> By: Moomykin http://www.daddeeyah.com/2007/11/29/toddler-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Moomykin Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:24:28 +0000 http://www.daddeeyah.com/2007/11/29/toddler-nightmares/#comment-159 I think it's true about not playing too vigorously before bed to avoid nightmares...the brain gets too charged up has to find an outlet. But Micah has very extreme emotional frustrations in the day that are displayed in his sleep too. He's be crying and shouting, "No, Max" or "No, no! Not that...This, this!!" or some other emotionally-stress exclamations. But last night he had a nightmare about a fire, of which he remembered just now when he was dropping off to sleep. He remembered it and started sobbing. I comforted him and he finally fell asleep. I think it’s true about not playing too vigorously before bed to avoid nightmares…the brain gets too charged up has to find an outlet.

But Micah has very extreme emotional frustrations in the day that are displayed in his sleep too. He’s be crying and shouting, “No, Max” or “No, no! Not that…This, this!!” or some other emotionally-stress exclamations.

But last night he had a nightmare about a fire, of which he remembered just now when he was dropping off to sleep. He remembered it and started sobbing. I comforted him and he finally fell asleep.

]]> By: Chris http://www.daddeeyah.com/2007/11/29/toddler-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Chris Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:33:47 +0000 http://www.daddeeyah.com/2007/11/29/toddler-nightmares/#comment-158 Funny. We started rewarding our 3-year-old with a sticker on her 'sticker chart' every time she did NOT call us until there was a 7 on her clock in the morning (we put tape over the other two numbers). Once she got five stickers, we would take her to the dollar store to buy a prize. Seemed to work pretty well! Funny. We started rewarding our 3-year-old with a sticker on her ’sticker chart’ every time she did NOT call us until there was a 7 on her clock in the morning (we put tape over the other two numbers). Once she got five stickers, we would take her to the dollar store to buy a prize. Seemed to work pretty well!

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