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Have you ever heard anyone say, “I wish I knew what my children dreamt about?”
I have.
I even know the answer.
See, my boys sleep talk all through the night.
And it’s not all jibberish. Their words are really clear, AND make sense.
I usually can tell what they are dreaming about based on the one sided conversations I hear.
They dream about playing a lot. Lots of play phrases that I recognize from real life. Things like, “STOP.” “That car is mine.” “I’m telling mom.”
And sometimes HE that goes to school dreams about school. For example. Last night I overheard:
“Ok. It’s my turn”. {I’m glad to hear that he is asking for a turn, not just taking it, although a please thrown in for good measure would be preferable.}
AND
“Um…do Fifty Two One Hundred”. {Good luck with that one kid. That is one challenge you don’t want to get in kindergarten. Doing Fifty Two One Hundred is HUGE!}
I’m one smart cookie and I’ve concluded that children dream about their life experiences. Just like we do.
So, now you know.
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Angie is a word loving, book devouring, designer jean obsessed mama to a lot.{read more}
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I sleep talk sometimes. It never makes sense. But when Tristan talks to himself at naptime and bedtime, that’s what his sounds like. It’s mostly jibberish (because that’s what he mostly talks like) but then there are things I hear him say. The worst was when I heard him say “no no nonono Tistan” (like I was saying to him all morning).
I don’t know why, but whenever Hubby does this he gets me all mad. Like really, really I’m-gonna-kidney-punch-you mad. I think it’s because I hate being awoken for any reason other than a child needs me. After 8 years of someone constantly needing me, I’m just very protective about my few hours of uninterrupted sleep. The house had better be on fire if Hubby is waking me up!
This is a great post. I do this all of the time. I know my friends use to laugh at me when they spent the night.
Sounds like Angie’s kids have nice sleep talking dreams. My husband on the other hand is usually always yelling in his sleep. He says “I’m fixing to do that” and “Yes I know” a lot. I’m pretty sure these are related to work. The night terrors are something else, though.
I keep a running log of funny things he says in his sleep on my blog. He’s had a few hilarious ones!
My son never talks in his sleep. Hubby has sometimes.
Now, I have slept walked four times that I know of. It’s scary waking up on the front porch in your nightgown, or in the dark living room, or in the basement (when I was a teenager), or even sitting in the corner of the hallway. It’s scary not knowning how you got there or why. I’ve concluded I only do this when I’m feeling very worried about someone who is suppose to be home and isn’t yet. I think maybe I go looking for them in my sleep. I don’t know for sure.