I am a clinically diagnosed insomniac. Clinically diagnosed in the sense of being 8 months pregnant clawing down the doors of my OBGYN on a rampage for something, even a bat to the head, to knock me out! Insomnia was nothing new to me. My mind was always crackling at night with questions and ideas, thoughts and answers.
Why then, am I so surprised to see the same characteristics in my children? Full of giggles and whispers after they are tucked soundly in their beds.
"Geez, you've had your book, you've had your water (and melatonin too, right?)...go to sleep!" This is almost certainly followed by some parental genius spew of empty threats?
As I lay in bed, it has finally gotten quiet. I flip through a book, or mindless TV to fill the silence. I wait, and hope that someone will come trudging in because they can not sleep either........
