On October 23, as we all peacefully slept inside my house, I heard crying. I knew it was my little sister crying but the horrible big sister I am, I continued to sleep. The next morning on the way to school, I asked my mom why she was crying. My mom had no idea. Wow, I guess I wasn't the only horrible family member. Anyways, when I got home from school that day, I thought maybe it would be a good idea if I asked my sister if she remembered anything.
24, Oct. 2014 8:06 P.M.
Me: "Hey Abby, why were you crying last night?"
(Silence)
Abby: "I don't know."
Me: "Did you have a bad dream?"
Before that day, I would occasionally ask her if she had a dream without knowing if she knew what a dream was.
Abby: "I don't know. I don't remember."
Me: "Do you remember waking up and crying? You were hecka loud."
Abby: "I didn't wake up to cry?"
She gave me the most confused look ever and that was the moment I became suspicious. This definitely gave me something to research. On a website titled "The Truth about Dreams, Nightmares, and Night Terrors," an anonymous person asked, "When does a child start to dream? And at what age do nightmares or night terrors begin?" From this, I learned that children start to dream and know they had dreamt at the age of 3-4 --- my sister is 5 years old. In fact, at 3-4 years of age, children dream just as much as adults do (Greene). Why didn't my sister remember her dream? As I kept reading on, I learned that if a child wakes up crying, OBVIOUSLY the dream was not happy (Greene). By that, I concluded my little sister's dream was definitely more of a nightmare considering the facts that she cried really loudly and my room is not close to hers.
I really wished she remembered what she had dreamt about. It would be fascinating to listen to her stories, maybe it will even make a cool Halloween story. I hope one day she does remember. I would ask her every detail about it.
Greene, Alan. "The Truth about Dreams, Nightmares, and Night Terrors." DrGreene.com:Let's Talk
Kid's Health! N.p. 23 Jul. 1999. Web. 26 Oct. 2014.
Kid's Health! N.p. 23 Jul. 1999. Web. 26 Oct. 2014.
When my oldest was about five, she started having night terrors. It was horrible. She always dreamt about a lion chasing her. I tried all sorts of things to get her passed it.
ReplyDeleteIt would be really interesting if you asked her every morning you asked her what her dreams were.
ReplyDeleteYour title so goes dude and I think it's cool how you focused on dreams. Dreaming is fascinating of what goes on in the brain.
ReplyDeleteIt seems very interesting to know what young children dream about. I hope if she continues to have those horrible dreams she tells you about them this way you can help her try to overcome her fears. It would also be fascinating to hear what a five year old dreams about maybe this can bring back childhood memories.
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