He is crying and says he is affraid that Mommy will leave him. He is 6 and mother is getting married to live-in fiance next June. I told his mother to comfort and put back to bed and stay with him till he falls back to sleep with assuring words. Sounds good?
2006-10-05 08:12:45 · 8 answers · asked by MotherNature 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
you have answered your own question by stating that his mommy is getting married. He feels that when she gets married that she is going to leave him. she needs to talk to him and reassure him that she is only going on a honeymoon. (if there is one planned) and that she will be back in a couple of days. explain that when people get married, that is part of the tradition. In the mean time she could sit in his room with him till he falls asleep everynight. and with each night she should move closer to the door. do this until she is finally out of the door. it usually works. But reassurance is the best for this situation i think.
2006-10-05 08:23:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you said to his mother sounds good. His mom needs to make sure nobody has been putting anything in his head that she might leave him when she gets married. She can tell him that she and him both will be marrying her fiance & get the child involved in the wedding plans and see if that helps.
If her fiance is a kind loving man he will go along with it.
2006-10-05 08:34:54 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle *The Truth Hurts 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he needs therapy and is experiencing anxiety and sleep apnea which can be very dangerous especially at a young age. This poor little guy needs a child therapist, I feel so bad for kids these days. Either he gets the help he needs privatley or he is going to start acting out in school and you definitley don't want the school classifying him, it will only make it worse. Seek help on your own. Good luck
2006-10-05 08:17:50 · answer #3 · answered by Jersey Style 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is scared that Mommy is going away and not coming back has anyone told that once mommy gets married she will never return? Mommy just has to reasure him that she will always be there for him rather a phone call away or just call out from his bedroom
2006-10-05 08:26:21 · answer #4 · answered by whats up all 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe he is afraid of where he fits into the whole marriage picture. She needs to reassure him of her love and that Mommy will not leave! Make sure you make this clear !!! Maybe he has heard about leaving on a honey moon???????Kids are smart just make things clear for him!!
2006-10-05 08:18:37 · answer #5 · answered by hillbilly wife 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes sounds good-My husbands 5 year old daughter wakes up in the middle of the night when shes over here. She always hollers for my husband but my husband is always sound asleep and never hears nothing. I'm a light sleeper so i hear everything. So usually since he can't hear her hollering for him i have to get up and go to her room and see what she wants. She always says that shes afraid. One time she said she heard something in the kitchen so i got her out of bed and took her to the kitchen to show her that there was nothing there then i took her back to her room and told her that nothing is going to hurt her that we are here and i told her to go back to sleep. Then one time she was hollering and crying i went to see what was wrong and she said she was afraid of the storm. It was raining really hard and i told her that it had to rain so the grass, trees and flowers could grow. After i told her that she was okay with it and once again i told her to go back to sleep that it wasn't going to hurt her. I dunno whats going on over at her mothers house but every weekend shes over here she wakes up in the middle of the night. I think that they all sleep in the same room over there or something but over here she has her own room. I guess shes scared b/c when she comes here no one is in her room and over there she has everyone else sleeping in the room with her.
2006-10-05 09:09:12 · answer #6 · answered by BadAssGirlINWV 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you need to seek your own help it may also be a put on and the olny reason i say that is my 3 yr old daughter started doing it when she was 2 and now its i am scared and its cuz she dont want to go to bed!!!
2006-10-05 09:16:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
aww that poor kid you should find anew mommy for him
2006-10-05 08:21:58 · answer #8 · answered by Dakotah D 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋