monsters in the dark
I really thought she had grown out of being afraid of the dark but the last few nights she’s been terrible! She’s been so worked up about the shaddows making scary shapes and so on that she’s given herself bad dreams then ending up coming in to me and giving ME a total lack of dreams!!! It’s hard to sleep when you have a 7 year old taking up one half of the bed and a husband taking up the other half and you in a wafer thin bit of space inbetween two snoring, wriggling forms….thankfully she only stays about an hour but still, an hour is a long time when you are being snored at in stereo!
I’m a bit at a loss for what to do. Is it normal to still be afraid of the darkness inside a nice safe house when you are 7? Have I inadvertently traumatised her as a toddler by insisting she slept in the dark so her eyes got a proper rest (seems that study has since been discredited, it doesn’t cause eye problems if you never sleep in the dark after all)? Is she just a big wuss? Is she doing it for a good excuse for a middle of the night cuddle? Will I ever get an undisturbed nights sleep ever again????? Sigh, life was so much easier pre-child you know. Boring, but easy!
