[blparent] nightmares

[Veronica Smith]

It's probably, in my case anyway, that I spend so much time with her.  I 
kept rewinding back to try to figure out what happened when the nightmares 
began.  Weird! I'm glad that is behind us. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] nightmares


> 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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>> 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:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Smile and have a fantabulous day! Veronica
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