[blparent] nightmares

[Barbara Hammel]

Sometimes you just have to think and think about what occurred at the time 
the behavior began.  No offense to you perceptive dads, but usually moms are 
the ones who can do this the best.
Barbara

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From: "The BlindTechs Network" <info at theblindtechsnetwork.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 11:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] nightmares

> wow, that is a trippy story. how did you put two and two together? I 
> don't think I would have never figured something like that out.
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> On Feb 8, 2009, at 10:31 PM, Veronica Smith wrote:
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> On Monday gab got an invitation to her best friend's birthday party.   the 
> plan was to go to the movie Coreena, a movie much like the  nightmare 
> before christmas and then they would go back to Claire's for  cake and ice 
> cream.  sounds harmless enough.
> Monday night gab started having these really weird nightmares.  I  thought 
> it was because she was getting sick and by thursday, she had a  super sore 
> throat and a runny nose and not much of a voice.  Every  night she would 
> whine and cry and refuse to sleep for more than a few  minutes at a time. 
> I slept with her one night and she slept with us  another.  I finally told 
> her she had to sleep in her own bed and she  had to stay there/ no 
> whining.  i couldn't imagine what it was- an  attention getter or what.
> So finally last night I was completely exhausted and so was she I went 
> into her room and sat on the bed and she kept saying her chest hurt,  her 
> stomach achedf and she wanted to cry but could not.
> I thought and thought and finally put 2 and 2 together.  I thought  about 
> what happened Monday and then remembered that invitation.  I  said, Gab, 
> you don't have to go to that movie if you don't want to."   She burst into 
> tears and said she was afraid of it and didn't want to  go.  I told her no 
> one could force her  to do anything except her mom  and dad and maybe her 
> teachers, but not her friends.
> She whimpered a little more and slept like a very tired baby and so  did 
> we. Let me tell you, sometimes it's hard being a mom and i thought  it was 
> hard when she was tiny and couldn't tell me the problem.  It  even happens 
> now at age 9. V
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> Smile and have a fantabulous day! Veronica
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