 | This will probably sound silly but my five year old daughter sleeps in my bed everynight and i am fine with that. If she wanted to sleep in her own bed i would not mind at all, in fact i remodeled her room giving her a loft bed with new everything including a full length mirror and a ballet bar. She still would rather sleep with me. I am a single parent and about two years ago i decided not to date agin until she is much older.(She has several uncles and a grandfather who are excellent role models in her life.) The only thing is, around five night s out of the week wheni put her to bed she screams her head off and yells noooooooooooo! "you dont love me, noone loves me, i hate you." At this point i go into the room, explain to her that i do love her and that she is not to tell me she hates me because i have feelings just like her. then she will go on to tell me that she has to tell me something first. i say ok, then she says something like, "one time at school, me and my friend were playing and we saw this frog." I know she is just trying to stay awake but she continues with things like i need water, i need the kitty, close the closet, wheres my bear, cover me up again, kiss me again. then she will allow me to leave the room.....then it all starts over again. I felt that if i kept being firm and she knows i will not let her get up then she would eventually give in. I also thought it was just a phase. its been about three years now. what do i do? i have plenty of patience with her so if i do nothing it would be fine by me but will it affect her well being if i just ignore it? |
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