My 10 1/2 month old daughter had her first bad dream last night. I heard her wake up crying but her cry was different; she was scared. I walk in and even before I pick her up I am saying, "It's okay sweetheart. Mommy's here, Mommy's right here. It's okay." I pick her up and she looks at me, her eyes are wide, she is shaking, and I just wish I could snap my fingers and make it go away. So, I did the next best thing. I rocked her, rubbed her back, gave lots of kisses, hugs, and just kept talking to her, reassuring her that I was right there. And, I prayed for her, of course. She soon calmed down, went right back to sleep, and slept all night just fine.
This all happening added another question to my list that I will probably never have the answer to.
1. What do babies dream about?
2. When they have bad dreams, what could they at their young, innocent ages come up with that scares them?
3. Why are they always drawn to everything they are not suppose to have? (I think that question answers itself though. Seriously though, like the bathroom? That seems to be one of kids' favorite places to explore and play when they shouldn't.)
4. Why isn't a baby's first word his/her own name since that is the word they hear the most?
5. How do they forgive so easily?
6. When and how does the understanding of danger exactly hit them? (It seems like they are fearless for a long long while and then one day they somehow become more cautious.)
7. How is it that no matter where you go they can almost immediately spot the only child in the place?
8. How do they somehow have that ability to sense when you are stressed and tired?
9. Why can't we adults love so easily?
10. What are they thinking about when they look at you and laugh even though you aren't doing anything funny; or when they out of nowhere start crying; or when they are simply expressionless.
11. They don't know how to speak so are their thoughts pictures or sounds?
12. When babies look at each other what do they think?
Has anyone else wondered some of these same things, or is it just me? Maybe you all have had other wonderings as well. These are just the questions that I could remember off hand, and I am sure there are always many more.