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The Kids Are Dreaming

They say that when a bay smiles while he is asleep, it means that he is dreaming or being played by his angle. The angle part, I dunno but the dreaming part, maybe yes. Scientifically, when a new born smiles, it is just a gas passing out of his mouth.

Have you ever wonder if your kids are really dreaming or if they knew they are dreaming and if they can comprehend what is happening after they close their eyes?

I do and I observed my kids. As you know I have three subjects that I can closely observe and enough to make my own theory. From my experiences with my kids I learned that kids do have dreams. They dream but only in a certain age when they become aware of it, only a certain age when they can separate it from reality. Given a lot of practice and a lot of encouragement from you, time will come that they can relate it to you clearly.

When I had my first born, there was a time when in the middle of the night he would scream and kick and no amount of soothing can make him stop. It took more or less a year before he overcomes that. From time to time I would ask him why he would suddenly scream or cry and he can’t even remember that he cried. It took us a lot of nights and a lot of encouragement and questioning before he finally realized what is happening. It was very apparent that he was dreaming; only he can’t separate his dreams from reality. So finally when he recognized the difference of his dream from the real world, another struggle comes to life. It is how to encourage him to remember his dreams. For a time, we were not successful but now he can actually tell his dreams in full details.

I came to a conclusion (about the dream pattern) when Mico was in that screaming and kicking stage too. At age 3 they become aware of the dream and yet they cannot separate it from reality. They perceived their dreams as a real life experience and yet they are still too young to remember about it when they wake up. Turning 4, little by little, they understood what dream is all about. Life would be much much easier if parents would help them in understanding their dreams. Around 4 they are now in full control of their sleeping pattern (thanks to you mom and dad). Dreams no longer bother them but still unable to relate it to you clearly. At the age of 5, this is the time when they would endlessly talk about their dream in full animation.

So Mommy and Daddy what we need to do during the difficult stage of our baby?
Don’t think of yourself less when there will come a time that o amount of soothing can make them stop.
Don’t scream at them during these nights, no matter how tired you are, they are not aware of what is happening to them.
Talk to them, discuss about it, make them try to remember it but not force them to.

Chico’s still not experiencing this stage but I can say I can handle him now with ease, thanks to my two guinea pigs.

The Main Attraction

Again from our recent trip in Rainforest Pasig.. this is the main attraction guys.. beware!

We had so much laugh on dot number 9, it says: pagpasok ng lasing sa alak sa loob ng park.. I know it means that a person who is drunk from alcohol should not enter the park, but hey if your mind is as maliscious as ours, you would think it’s the other way around.. ang lasing papasok sa loob ng alak habang nasa parke. wahaha

And this one.. wala na akong masabi..

You Are Inspirational- The Breathing Inspiration

Excited is an understatement. I am more than excited for this meme. I love doing this, reviewing/featuring other people’s blog. Building back links for them and introducing them to your readers. It’s like being the middle man of a friendship that’s about to begin. When I started my review exchange program, Fedhz suggested that I turned it into a meme, but having so much things on my hand, I just can’t find time to do it. So when Chris told me her plans on it, I told her, it’s all on the go.. and here we are on our second week! Click on the badge and check out if your blog has been featured..

This week’s theme is the first blog on your list. Whoa! I cracked all my neurons for it..the first person on my blog list is Kaye, but, I already featured her here. I don’t want you to think we have a mutual admiration society (shss, it’s a secret).. and so another cracking up and poops Fedhz.. but again I already mentioned her here.. if I would feature her again (in a span of less than a month) that would confirm your suspicion about our society.LOL

And so I remembered that aside from these two, the first on my list, one of the first friend I had here through this blog is Sara of The Breathing Post (and The Mommy Experience).

I have known Sara through a traffic site and her entries are very welcoming that I can’t help but comment. She talks about everything, from her neighbor to free movie tickets. She is very friendly and always comes back with a nice comment on my blog. She is my frequent visitor and she is the first blogger my husband knew. My husband used to be my troll and he noticed that Sara is always on my comment page, thus the familiarity.

It was really fun knowing her and how she updates us on her pregnancy. She managed to tell us what her baby’s sex name without sabotaging her father in law’s interest on not knowing until she gave birth (her FIL reads her blog too!). And when Cole arrived, she did managed to sneak from time to time and update us with Cole’s recent antics and lessons she learned from it.

And who would not feel the warmth Sara offers? Just look at her and her husband cracking up on their wedding day. It shows a lot about her happy disposition in life. Go on and check her out, she is worth the time!