Okay, so Korban has a VERY active imagination (where does he get that from?) and he will tell me little stories all the time about different things. Some I can see where they come from, this one I have NO IDEA and it is freaky!
Like any typical kid, Korban will sometimes fight bedtime. 89% of the time he goes to bed and BAM he is out, I have him trained pretty well in at least one aspect of life! Sometimes, however, he doesn't want too. He also suddenly developed a fear of the dark when he was about fourish. I am trying to get him away from it. One, I hate the lights on when trying to sleep, two, paying for the electricity, and C, I don't know but it has to stop!
So I have been trying to wean him off the light being on at bedtime. First step light on in room. Second step light on in hall, third step "night light" of some sort. Step four lights out! Right now we are between step 3 & 4, so there are times Korban is in the dark and sometimes in the light.
Korban has lately been talking of a "Mystery Sister". AT first I thought it was him trying to make himself a "sister" because he is missing you know who's daughters (he hasn't asked about them in quite a while, which makes me happy since it broke his heart to lose them and a "dad"), but then he told me he is afraid of the Mystery Sister.
I asked him how he could be afraid of a sister? He told me he is afraid of her and she comes at night. I asked him what she looked like and he told me, "nothing." How can a thing look like nothing??? Then a few days ago he gets up one morning ( a night light night) and tells me the "Mystery Sister" hates light and stayed away. Okay . . .
So, I am not sure what the heck to think. I have talked to David about this and told him I thought at first he might be thinking of a "ghost" and saying "mystery", but he knows what the world's definition of a ghost is and he has assured me she is not a ghost. And it's not like I even believe in ghosts let alone talk about it a lot, believe it or not he has learned that kind of stuff on pre-school shows like The Back Yardagins!!! With his limited vocabulary and cognitive ability to express what he is talking about, it somehow converts to "mystery Sister". I will keep trying to figure out what he is trying to express by this term, but whatever it is, it terrifies him. He has never expressed "sister" as a negative thing. So I am confused and freaked at the same time! LOL! I will keep you updated on the "Mystery Sister" sightings and if I ever get Korban to express what "she" is!
Yours, K.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Mystery Sister
Posted by Kairy Salazar at 9:01 PM
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This is funny. Bridget does very similar things. She has this imaginary friend that comes and goes. Every now and then he/she/it scares her at night. She calls him 'Fuf Fuff" - Sometimes there are frogs or dinosaurs, or, or, or lurking in her room after the lights go out.
It usually works pretty well to ask her where the scary creature is and escort him out of the room. Sometimes I have to announce to the entire room that anyone that is in there to scare Bridget should please leave. So it goes something like this:
B: Mom, Fuf Fuff is scaring me.
T: Where is he?
B: Right there (points to empty corner of the room)
T: (walks to corner, stretch out hand) C'mon Fuf Fuff, its time to go.
T: I know you don't want to, but you have to. You're not being very nice. Come along.
T: (walks back to the door holding an imaginary hand) Ok, you have to stay out here in the hall until the sun comes up. Don't go back in there.
T: Is there anyone else in there that shouldn't be? Ok, get out. Yep, all of you. Stay in the hall until the sun comes up.
T: (to Bridget) Ok, they are all gone, you can sleep now. Good Night.
B: Good Night.
I've had to do similar more than once. Works like a charm every time. I feel like I'm monologuing the whole time though. And you have to do it seriously (like you are parenting these crazy scary creatures) - laugh and you've likely blown the whole thing.
Ok. That was long. Sorry.
Kairy!!!
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Hope all is well in your world!
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