Sleep walkers
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So my son is a sleepwalker. Last night he had an episode. I was in the living room and he came stumbling in. (It’s funny because when he sleep walks, he kind dances in place because he can’t stand there because his legs are tired) And I said “Conner, What do you need babe?”
While rubbing his eyes “nothing”
“Ok, why don’t you go back to bed babe?” Normally this is all it takes for him to go get back in bed.
“Ok…” As he lingered in the hall way.
“What’s wrong buddy?”
“I don’t want to go to bed…”
“LOL, Honey, It’s past midnight. You’ve been sleeping for a few hours now. It’s time to go to bed.”
He stumbles down the hall and comes back about 2 minutes later.
“What’s up Peebs?”
“Why is it so hard?” Still rubbing his eyes and dancing in place.
“What is so hard babe?”
“Why is it so hard to get everyone to go to sleep?”
“Conner, everyone is asleep, they have been for a while now. It’s time to go to bed ok?”
He walks away, and I get up right away to go make sure he made it to bed. By this point I’m thinking SURELY he’s awake. So I walk in. “Peebs, are you ok babe?” –silence- So I crouch down and take his head in my hands and start stroking his face, “Peebs, is everything ok?” **SNORE** He was OUT!!!!
It’s creepy having a kid that sleep walks.
Your stories?
**Peebs is his nickname**
While rubbing his eyes “nothing”
“Ok, why don’t you go back to bed babe?” Normally this is all it takes for him to go get back in bed.
“Ok…” As he lingered in the hall way.
“What’s wrong buddy?”
“I don’t want to go to bed…”
“LOL, Honey, It’s past midnight. You’ve been sleeping for a few hours now. It’s time to go to bed.”
He stumbles down the hall and comes back about 2 minutes later.
“What’s up Peebs?”
“Why is it so hard?” Still rubbing his eyes and dancing in place.
“What is so hard babe?”
“Why is it so hard to get everyone to go to sleep?”
“Conner, everyone is asleep, they have been for a while now. It’s time to go to bed ok?”
He walks away, and I get up right away to go make sure he made it to bed. By this point I’m thinking SURELY he’s awake. So I walk in. “Peebs, are you ok babe?” –silence- So I crouch down and take his head in my hands and start stroking his face, “Peebs, is everything ok?” **SNORE** He was OUT!!!!
It’s creepy having a kid that sleep walks.
Your stories?
**Peebs is his nickname**
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My oldest does this to but hers are not nearly as peaceful. She recently came charging into my room screaming about spiders in her bed. She always looks awake so I run in thouafter them. She's pointing at them and describing them and they aren't there. Then suddenly she's over it and lays back down and is out. She remembers nothing of it the next day. I'm fairly certain hers are night terrors. They're freakin weird!0
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My brother used to do that. We would camp probably a weekend or two every month and he ALWAYS did it while camping. He would climb off the top bunk and stand with his head hanging down facing the wall or walk to the stairs to my parents bed and back. At home he would walk to the front door and stand there the same way, head hanging down facing a wall.
My son talks in his sleep but it is SOOOO cute. He is 4 and has the sweetests squeaky voice and laugh.0 -
My oldest does this to but hers are not nearly as peaceful. She recently came charging into my room screaming about spiders in her bed. She always looks awake so I run in thouafter them. She's pointing at them and describing them and they aren't there. Then suddenly she's over it and lays back down and is out. She remembers nothing of it the next day. I'm fairly certain hers are night terrors. They're freakin weird!
I had night terrors as a child. I don't remember exactly what they were, but they were aweful....I out grew them.
I have them now as an adult...but they are totally different. And thats all I am gonna say about that.0 -
My oldest does this to but hers are not nearly as peaceful. She recently came charging into my room screaming about spiders in her bed. She always looks awake so I run in thouafter them. She's pointing at them and describing them and they aren't there. Then suddenly she's over it and lays back down and is out. She remembers nothing of it the next day. I'm fairly certain hers are night terrors. They're freakin weird!
Yikes! I hope his stay mellow!0 -
Had a female college roommate who would sleep walk. And slept naked. She ended up in my bed one night. Except I was so passed out drunk I didn't even realize. We shared a twin bed naked and had no idea until the next morning.
Ah.. college.0 -
Sometimes my daughter sleeps with her eyes open, it's creepy as *kitten*.0
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Sometimes my daughter sleeps with her eyes open, it's creepy as *kitten*.
AH! No! Couldn't deal with that! lol0 -
My sister is a sleepwalker, and we found out very quickly that we needed to lock the doors after she was put to bed, or she'd walk outside. Not so bad in the summer, but in -25C in the winter, it could get dangerous...0
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My youngest sleep walks as well.
He will come into the room, ask "to be put in bed."
Or have a conversation about food.
Just walk right in say I want tacos, I'll say we ate earlier.
That is what we had for dinner.
Then he says OK then get me water. I go get it and he's back in bed sound asleep.
With no recollection of anything the next day.
(this started shortly after the separation)
Thankfully not so much anymore.0 -
My oldest does this to but hers are not nearly as peaceful. She recently came charging into my room screaming about spiders in her bed. She always looks awake so I run in thouafter them. She's pointing at them and describing them and they aren't there. Then suddenly she's over it and lays back down and is out. She remembers nothing of it the next day. I'm fairly certain hers are night terrors. They're freakin weird!
My daughter does this sometimes too. Night terrors run in my husband's side of the family. She mostly wakes up screaming or crying uncontrollably, but as soon as I get to her, she starts falling back asleep and doesn't remember the next morning. Luckily she hasn't ended up outside like my husband did many times when he was little. Or put her hand through a window.0 -
My husband sleep walks. Usually its about midnight on a Saturday night when he'll jump out of bed saying hes late for work and start to get dressed. It takes me several minutes of talking to him before he gives me that blank look then lays back down.0
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My oldest does this to but hers are not nearly as peaceful. She recently came charging into my room screaming about spiders in her bed. She always looks awake so I run in thouafter them. She's pointing at them and describing them and they aren't there. Then suddenly she's over it and lays back down and is out. She remembers nothing of it the next day. I'm fairly certain hers are night terrors. They're freakin weird!
I had night terrors as a child. I don't remember exactly what they were, but they were aweful....I out grew them.
I have them now as an adult...but they are totally different. And thats all I am gonna say about that.
I wonder if that's what my son has too. Other than sleep talking and laughing, he grinds his teeth so loudly that we can hear it in OUR bedroom. I thought all of this would change after having his tonsils and adenoids out but he doesn't snore or wake up constantly anymore..0 -
We had a guy in basic training that would do that. You'd be on fire guard, and he would just sit up and either start talking to you or walking around.....creepy.0
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I used to sleepwalk as a child... probably trying to get away from my four older brothers... but stopped until I hit 16 and started working on a sailboat... we'd take long trips every fall, and a good night's sleep was a rare... my first trip with the boat, coupled with the stress of being away from home for a long time in a strange environment, had me wandering around below decks... problem was, there was only about three feet of headspace, so you'd have to walk around crouched over to get around. While awake, I would bang my head all the time... never when I was sleep... but because there was a companionway with stairs, I never went up on deck (didn't have stairs in my apartment, so it didn't make any sense to me)... that would have been bad...0
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When I was under a lot of stress, I would grind my teeth and talk in my sleep. I would yell at my husband because the stuff I said never made any sense and he wouldn't understand what I was talking about. But to me it made sense. Then I'd go right back to sleep.
My son was a terrible tooth grinder when he was younger. Fortunately he outgrew it.0 -
A few months ago my 4 year old came into the living room where I was a few hours after he went to bed. I asked him what he needed and he pulled down his pants and underware like he was going to pee. I jump up and ran him to the bathroom. I was laughing so hard that I scared him and he started to cry, poor thing.
He didn't remember it the next day.
One of my sisters tried to pee in our kitchen garbage can once while she was still sleeping.0 -
My biggest fear are children who appear out of nowhere in the middle of the night when the lights are off. Its only because you now if a child appears out of nowhere its Demonic. No JOKE! I will make sure my future kids know to alert me of there presence or else its Throat Punch.0
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A few months ago my 4 year old came into the living room where I was a few hours after he went to bed. I asked him what he needed and he pulled down his pants and underware like he was going to pee. I jump up and ran him to the bathroom. I was laughing so hard that I scared him and he started to cry, poor thing.
He didn't remember it the next day.
One of my sisters tried to pee in our kitchen garbage can once while she was still sleeping.
Ive peed in a laundry basket and a dresser drawer...but in my defense, I was in my early 20's and drunk as hell :blushing:0 -
Our son has just started doing this. He will walk around the living room and instead of going back to his room, he makes a v-line to our bedroom. I made the mistake of touching him once and he came un-glued and then 30 seconds later was asleep on our bed.
He also does not want to sleep in his toddler bed, he has taken up with the stuffed animals on his floor(which I find funny as I did not sleep in my bed for the longest time as a child either). One night he did his usual routine of walking around the living room/kitchen and came to our room. He got into our bed, but never woke up, about every hour he would sit up(still asleep) and roll around our bed(he does this in his stuffed animals to get comfortable). He did this so much at one time he almost bounced off our bed, I caught him by the leg and this of course woke him up and he freaked out.0 -
My biggest fear are children who appear out of nowhere in the middle of the night when the lights are off. Its only because you now if a child appears out of nowhere its Demonic. No JOKE! I will make sure my future kids know to alert me of there presence or else its Throat Punch.
My son does this. One night I woke up to him sitting beside me stroking my blanket and telling me he wanted one... it's so creepy.0 -
I sleepwalked on my first day of university. Wasn't ideal..0
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I used to sleepwalk when I was a kid. My mom and sister would tell me about it and i never remebered a thing. They would just tell me to go to bed and I would. Very weird knowing I was doing stuff completely unaware0
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Sometimes my daughter sleeps with her eyes open, it's creepy as *kitten*.
My son does that too. And talks sometimes.0 -
My husband sleepwalks. He likes to chase demons in his sleep. It can get interesting.0
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My ex was a sleep talker and a sleep lover. there were many times early in our relationship when I would wake up to him groping me,took me a bit to realize he was sleeping and all i had to do was move his hands and he would roll over and starting snoring. Did catch him a couple times about to pee in a dresser drawer as well.0
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My mom sleepwalks terribly often. She comes into the kitchen and starts snacking on EVERYTHING! Which is awful since she's diabetic. It's funny though, when I try to take the snacks away from her she slaps my hand and threatens to ground me (I'm 21).0
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My kids don't so far but my sister was a really bad sleep walker. We shared a bedroom for a few years and she'd freak me the hell out all the time. One time she came over to my bed, stood over it and kept whispering loudly, "Hey look, there are heads rolling on the floor". I was like 10 and scared. I just sat up in bed and yelled for mom to come.
She also once tried to order Chinese food while she was asleep. She made it all the way out the the living room but was using her hand as a phone. My mom had to coax her back into bed. It's definitely creepy.0 -
I used to sleepwalk when I was smaller. I would pet imaginary animals, and talk about so much crazy stuff! I always woke up where I fell asleep though! I has a friend sleep over and lured her up to my old bedroom, at that time was a storage room, and she slept by me and then woke up alone in the middle of the night lmfao. It was crazy!0
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I used to sleepwalk as a child - my mom tells stories of finding me curled up asleep in my closet and other random places. My husband also used to sleepwalk and talk in his sleep back when we were first dating, but he doesn't do it anymore. And apparently sleep disturbances are hereditary, because our son has night terrors, and I can't wait until he outgrows them - so creepy to watch. :-(0
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I am a nut when I sleep and always have been. I will say it has improved dramatically from childhood, but I still have episodes from time to time. I have too many stories to even tell them. One time, I went on a trip with my church group when I was in college, and I was telling jokes in my sleep and laughing. I was acting silly and even got in the wrong bed when I laid back down. My friends got worried and wanted to get a leader to help, but didn't really want me to be indecent just in case. They said, Jess, do you have a bra on? I ripped open my shirt and said, does it look like I have a bra on? and flashed the whole room. Breakfast was awkward that morning with everyone laughing at me.
One of the most irritating things that I do is sleep eating. When I was in high school, I never ate sugar. BUT, I would get up in my sleep and eat brownies, cookies, or even chocolate chips. I started eating sugar again because I figured if I am going to eat sugar, I might as well taste it. I have even cooked in my sleep. I have taken showers in my sleep and woke up in my robe with my hair wet.
Sleepwalking is an awful thing that they told me would go away when I was 18, but so far, no dice.0
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