A few weeks ago we were walking through the YMCA and she had a wasp sting her next to her left eye. She absolutely shuddered in fear and pain. Ever since then, she has been hypersensitive to bees.
Last night her little brain was trying to wrap itself around the fear and it came out in the form of absolute shaking and screaming. THERE ARE BEES IN MY ROOM! Over and over again. It is such a helpless feeling to not be able to take that very real fear away for her. No matter what we told her or how long we held her, she just kept bringing up the bees again.
Two hours later she fell asleep in my arms while I rocked her back and forth. It brought me back to her infancy stage when I was up with her to feed during the night. As tired as I was, I just sat there staring at my sleeping child in my arms and enjoying the moment, despite the reason behind it.
So today, we will all be a little tired and grumpy, but that is a small price to pay for an otherwise, happy, healthy little girl. What a blessing she is and thank you God for giving us the strength to stay calm with her last night.
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Boy, it is not a good week around here, is it??? Poor Rebecca. I hope she sleeps peacefully tonight!
I think your sister-in-law's idea with the spray bottle was great! Kaitlyn was having nightmares recently. We started praying for God to give her sweet dreams when she says her bedtime prayers. Either it's the idea of it, or God is answering her prayers, because she hasn't woken up with a nightmare since! It's been about 3 weeks!
Kelly,
We have the spray bottle in her room and are spraying every night. It comes and goes. Maybe we will try the prayers, but she may not fully understand the concept of that. I love that it is working for Kaitlyn. Hope it continues.
I told Kaitlyn about Rebecca's nightmares and now she says "....and please give me and Rebecca sweet dreams!" when she says her prayers.
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