Over the past few weeks, I have been asking my 3 year old son about his dreams. "Did you have a dream last night?"
At first, he looked at me with confusion, so I clarified, "did you see anything while you were sleeping?" He gave me the confused look again.
The following week, I tried again, "Did you have a dream last night? Did you see any images or pictures in your head while you were sleeping?" This time I got a response "I saw my bed."
Hmmm... how do I ask this question so that a 3 year old understands me?
So this morning, I asked him and gave an example of my own. "Did you have a dream last night? I had a dream last night. You and me and Daddy were in the car. And our car could FLY! Did you see anything while you were sleeping?"
"I saw a movie," he responded. "I saw a movie in my bed."
(Now, we're getting somewhere... my next thought was 'why didn't I think to say "movie" when asking about his dreams???')
"What was the movie about?" I inquired nonchallantly (I didn't want to get too excited, yet.)
"Excavators!" he said with delight. (Typical little boy!) "Lifting dirt ERRRR and putting it in the dumptruck WHOOSH!" he punctuated his statements with soundeffects.
"What a great dream!" I exclaimed.
"I like watching movies in my bed," he said proudly.
So there you have it, folks! Dreams are movies while you sleep. Sweet dreams, everyone!
At first, he looked at me with confusion, so I clarified, "did you see anything while you were sleeping?" He gave me the confused look again.
The following week, I tried again, "Did you have a dream last night? Did you see any images or pictures in your head while you were sleeping?" This time I got a response "I saw my bed."
Hmmm... how do I ask this question so that a 3 year old understands me?
So this morning, I asked him and gave an example of my own. "Did you have a dream last night? I had a dream last night. You and me and Daddy were in the car. And our car could FLY! Did you see anything while you were sleeping?"
"I saw a movie," he responded. "I saw a movie in my bed."
(Now, we're getting somewhere... my next thought was 'why didn't I think to say "movie" when asking about his dreams???')
"What was the movie about?" I inquired nonchallantly (I didn't want to get too excited, yet.)
"Excavators!" he said with delight. (Typical little boy!) "Lifting dirt ERRRR and putting it in the dumptruck WHOOSH!" he punctuated his statements with soundeffects.
"What a great dream!" I exclaimed.
"I like watching movies in my bed," he said proudly.
So there you have it, folks! Dreams are movies while you sleep. Sweet dreams, everyone!
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