Every once in a while, my daughter asks if she can sleep in my room. I let her when it seems to be a very important issue, otherwise we try to work things out, so she can have a peaceful rest in her own room. We have resorted to spritzing an evening spray of "Happy Dream Spray," a lavender based 'relaxation' mist and having an alligator who will 'eat bad dreams' before they reach her sit at the foot of her bed. These have usually been enough to help her get to sleep easily, but things can always change. tonight, when she asked if she could sleep in my room, i asked her why. she told me that her light scares her. her light? after delving a bit deeper, i find out that she is afraid of her light turning off, a.k.a. the dark. my poor angel.
lucky for her, i had put a high-powered night light in her room when we set it up... just in case. she used it a few times when she moved from her nursery into her big girl room, but she didn't remember. she was amazed by this light. she told me it was SO bright that even her pillow was lit up! it was magic! i love being the magic-maker... it's one of my favorite parts of the job!
she fell fast asleep and i left her magic night-light on, just in case she wakes up in the night. as everything in life seems to, i'm sure this fear will pass smoothly, too. i'm just glad we had that light in there, and that she was amazed by it. i'm glad she knows she can sleep in my room when she really needs to. i'm glad she fell asleep. i'm just glad.
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