Comments on: sleep. http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/08/22/sleep/ words thru a woman.mama Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:28:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Joanna http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/08/22/sleep/#comment-449 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:35:52 +0100 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/08/22/sleep/#comment-449 Hugs MB - You are such a natural mama. I hope things get better for you guys - routine is good, and your intended routine sounds heavenly. We have a similar one; always have, and it does work for us. Bless you - Hugs MB - You are such a natural mama. I hope things get better for you guys - routine is good, and your intended routine sounds heavenly. We have a similar one; always have, and it does work for us. Bless you -

]]> by: bella http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/08/22/sleep/#comment-445 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:08:01 +0100 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/08/22/sleep/#comment-445 No real words of wisdom here. Leo is in a major sleep strike and when he does sleep is is tormented by nightmares. I LOVE sleep and it is hard for me that he is so fearful and mistrusting of it. And yet I get it. After all, in Greek mythology Hpnos, the god of sleep and Nyx, the god of night, are brothers to Thantos, god of death. It is hard for these kids at times to let go and surrender to sleep, which is the end of something, even if it is just the end of the day. Good luck. I hope we all can sleep soon and have sweet dreams. No real words of wisdom here. Leo is in a major sleep strike and when he does sleep is is tormented by nightmares. I LOVE sleep and it is hard for me that he is so fearful and mistrusting of it. And yet I get it. After all, in Greek mythology Hpnos, the god of sleep and Nyx, the god of night, are brothers to Thantos, god of death. It is hard for these kids at times to let go and surrender to sleep, which is the end of something, even if it is just the end of the day.
Good luck. I hope we all can sleep soon and have sweet dreams.

]]> by: gearhead mama http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/08/22/sleep/#comment-444 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:49:46 +0100 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/08/22/sleep/#comment-444 Much love and luck to you on this journey. I have never understood why sleep is so hard for so many kids (mine included), and so easy for others. Much love and luck to you on this journey. I have never understood why sleep is so hard for so many kids (mine included), and so easy for others.

]]> by: misplacedmama http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/08/22/sleep/#comment-443 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:12:47 +0100 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/08/22/sleep/#comment-443 Brooke, well I will let you know how last night went. Like shit. Sula fell asleep after after about in hour of me lying there after switching beds (from theirs to ours, they begged to go in ours and I feel the need to be flexible about where they want to fall asleep, my main thing is want them TO fall asleep). Anyway, after about 2.5 hours, Mia finally fell asleep, after 10pm!!! Gads, do I have the willpower to do this? Or do i just surrender to the fact that I must plan on going to bed with them every damn night? My heart tells me they will feel empowered once they find out that regardless if i am there or not, I will fight those tigers for them...and will come running to them when they need me. love you too. Brooke, well I will let you know how last night went. Like shit. Sula fell asleep after after about in hour of me lying there after switching beds (from theirs to ours, they begged to go in ours and I feel the need to be flexible about where they want to fall asleep, my main thing is want them TO fall asleep). Anyway, after about 2.5 hours, Mia finally fell asleep, after 10pm!!! Gads, do I have the willpower to do this? Or do i just surrender to the fact that I must plan on going to bed with them every damn night? My heart tells me they will feel empowered once they find out that regardless if i am there or not, I will fight those tigers for them…and will come running to them when they need me. love you too.

]]> by: Brooke http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/08/22/sleep/#comment-442 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:09:33 +0100 http://misplacedmama.blogsome.com/2007/08/22/sleep/#comment-442 Oh MB, I wonder if I somehow got bamboozled by the whole gentle night time parenting gremlin too. WTF? But your words of tenderness about the loveliness of sleeping with warm & dreamy children is also true. I do believe that ritual at bedtime is important - like you, it is one way I can see the need for it in our life even if I can't quite muster it in other areas. I also love what you said about sleep being GOOD. How do we teach our kids to trust this place of surrender and abandon? It is a letting go of ego and survival instincts so that we may meet with Psyche and our unconscious. We need it, but are we still wired to fear predators in the night? How do we help them trust that we will fight the tigers at night while we sleep? Especially when we have become so integral to their own ability to let go. Just the other morning, I moved to Matt's side of the bed once he had gotten up. I needed space after so much crowding all night. Within 5 minutes, Satchel bolted upright and said Mama where are you? I need to be in your warm. He knows, even in his sleep, where my body is at in relationship to his. How do we shift this compass for them? Wow, girl. You ask good questions. You pose important parenting concerns. I will be watching and learning through you as you do this thing. One thing I do want to say is that at least your girls have each other to fall asleep to. As you and bill cuddle and enjoy the warmth of sleeping with another, so too do they. That is a comfort all its own. I love you! B Oh MB, I wonder if I somehow got bamboozled by the whole gentle night time parenting gremlin too. WTF? But your words of tenderness about the loveliness of sleeping with warm & dreamy children is also true. I do believe that ritual at bedtime is important - like you, it is one way I can see the need for it in our life even if I can’t quite muster it in other areas. I also love what you said about sleep being GOOD. How do we teach our kids to trust this place of surrender and abandon? It is a letting go of ego and survival instincts so that we may meet with Psyche and our unconscious. We need it, but are we still wired to fear predators in the night? How do we help them trust that we will fight the tigers at night while we sleep? Especially when we have become so integral to their own ability to let go. Just the other morning, I moved to Matt’s side of the bed once he had gotten up. I needed space after so much crowding all night. Within 5 minutes, Satchel bolted upright and said Mama where are you? I need to be in your warm. He knows, even in his sleep, where my body is at in relationship to his. How do we shift this compass for them?

Wow, girl. You ask good questions. You pose important parenting concerns. I will be watching and learning through you as you do this thing. One thing I do want to say is that at least your girls have each other to fall asleep to. As you and bill cuddle and enjoy the warmth of sleeping with another, so too do they. That is a comfort all its own.

I love you!
B

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