Avery

For the first time Av came into our room in the middle of the night and told us she was scared. I asked what she was scared of and she said her “room was scary.” It was kind of cute in a way. Yes she woke me up out of a dead sleep but it is a very typical thing for a kid her age and it always makes me happy when she does “typical” things. It also just means her imagination is starting to kick in and that is pretty exciting! I love it though because right now the power of suggestion is enough to make her think things are all better. I took her back into her room and told her “this is the same room we hang out in and have fun in all the time, it’s not scary.” Then I acted like I had just come up with the best idea. I told her I would move her night light and that would help her get more of that light and that would let her see things were not scary. It worked like a charm. The other night she came down after we put her to bed and told me her belly hurt. I knew she was fine but I told her a drink of milk would help it (she loves milk) so after her drink of milk off to bed she went and that was the end of it. hehehhehe John told me to never give him milk when his belly hurts.