It seems we have a sleep talker in our family. Jake has talked in his sleep off and on for a couple of years, but only when he's sick or has taken cold medicine. My theory is that it knocked him out so that he didn't wake himself up talking.
But lately, he's carrying on conversations all the time at night. Friday night while I was at "Mom's Night In" at a friend's, Ike said he heard Jake talking while he (Ike) was in the bathroom. He assumed he hadn't heard me come home, so Jake was talking to me. Nope. Jake was talking to no one (okay, let's hope it was no one...we all know how I feel about spooky things in the dark). Ike went to the bed, where Jake was sitting up.
"Jake, who are you talking to?"
"Nobody, Daddy."
"Were you dreaming?"
"If I was talking, I was talking while I was asleep." (Really, that's what Ike said he said. Very articulate, even for this boy, while he's half-asleep.)
Last night, Ike and I were watching a movie (half a movie, actually. It's gotten hard for us to stay awake through a whole movie late at night...old people...). We heard Jake talking from the bedroom. Here's what I heard him say. "Remember, don't forget. If you do...(mumble, mumble, mumble)" Who knows who he was threatening in his dream, but apparently, someone was being warned. Anyway, Ike went to check on him and found him, again, sitting up in bed, eyes half-open.
"Jake, who are you talking to?"
"Nobody."
"Were you dreaming?"
"Uh-huh." Lays back down, end of conversation.
Then, in the middle of the night, Jake woke me up when he said, "Yeah!" loudly, like he was excited about something. He didn't sit up or anything this time, just kept sleeping.
My friend Brandee's youngest daughter sleepwalks, and they have an alarm on her door to alert them if she's up and about. My question is this: are we on a slippery slope? Will Jake soon be talking AND walking in his sleep??
But lately, he's carrying on conversations all the time at night. Friday night while I was at "Mom's Night In" at a friend's, Ike said he heard Jake talking while he (Ike) was in the bathroom. He assumed he hadn't heard me come home, so Jake was talking to me. Nope. Jake was talking to no one (okay, let's hope it was no one...we all know how I feel about spooky things in the dark). Ike went to the bed, where Jake was sitting up.
"Jake, who are you talking to?"
"Nobody, Daddy."
"Were you dreaming?"
"If I was talking, I was talking while I was asleep." (Really, that's what Ike said he said. Very articulate, even for this boy, while he's half-asleep.)
Last night, Ike and I were watching a movie (half a movie, actually. It's gotten hard for us to stay awake through a whole movie late at night...old people...). We heard Jake talking from the bedroom. Here's what I heard him say. "Remember, don't forget. If you do...(mumble, mumble, mumble)" Who knows who he was threatening in his dream, but apparently, someone was being warned. Anyway, Ike went to check on him and found him, again, sitting up in bed, eyes half-open.
"Jake, who are you talking to?"
"Nobody."
"Were you dreaming?"
"Uh-huh." Lays back down, end of conversation.
Then, in the middle of the night, Jake woke me up when he said, "Yeah!" loudly, like he was excited about something. He didn't sit up or anything this time, just kept sleeping.
My friend Brandee's youngest daughter sleepwalks, and they have an alarm on her door to alert them if she's up and about. My question is this: are we on a slippery slope? Will Jake soon be talking AND walking in his sleep??
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Kyle did that when he was younger like close to Jake's age... now he still does it.... the scary thing is one time he actually slept walked out of the house... he woke up at his bus stop at 2 in the morning... the doors were locked but we never heard him leave... I am just so thankful he didn't get hurt. I worry so much about him. I hope Jake outgrows it. I keep threatening Kyle I am gonna chain him to his bed with a long enough chain to get to the bathroom and that's it...lol.
Actually the first conversation was something more like:
"Jake, who were you talking to?"
"No one."
"But I heard you talking."
"If I was talking, I must have been talking in my sleep."
"Oh, well, go back to sleep then."
Then he flopped back on the bed and was out.
Aha! I wasn't sure I was remembering that quite right. Thanks for the correction. :)
I used to sleep walk when I was about 6-7 but it only lasted about a year. The worst was when we were out on the lake in our boat and I crawled over the edge of the boat and was hanging from the rail. I started screaming and that woke my parents up. The next morning they asked me if I was alright and I didn't remember any of it! I still don't to this day. Strange how the mind works, I bet if I fell into the water I sure would remember it. Anyways, hopefully Jake will outgrow this too before he has a story to tell. LOL....sorry if I am freaking you out. I think it is a funny story to tell, my mom still doesn't like to talk about it.
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