Thing 2 often wakes up in the middle of the night, stands up in his crib, and cries until someone comes to his room. As soon as we leave the room, he starts again, until we usually break down and take him into our bed so we can get some sleep. Recently, we decided this pattern has to stop, so we let him “cry it out” one night. For two hours. When I went to get him in the morning, this is what he cheerfully said:
Thing 2: There’s no piggy!
It took until after breakfast for me to realize what he meant. A couple of months ago we went to a fall festival at a farm. They had tractor rides, pumpkins, a petting zoo, and two of the absolutely biggest pigs you’ve ever seen. There were also pig races.
Thing 2 loves animals , especially farm animals, as long as they are toys or on TV. In real life, he is terrified of dogs, cats, squirrels, birds, cows, and, yes, pigs. For several days after the trip, he kept saying “The piggies are going to get me!” when we went into the garage or basement. And I would tell him “There’s no piggy”.
Incredibly, after this one cry-it-out-for-two-hours episode, he no longer screams during the night.? I guess he just needed to make it through the night once without the pig getting him.
Good for him for figuring out it would be all okay. I’m sure it’s more sleep for you also which isn’t so bad!
It’s great that he worked that out and you can get some sleep.
There’s a good joke here somewhere for the next time pork chops might be served for dinner, but maybe wait til he’s older for that one.
ahh, poor guy!
I’m glad he faced his pig phobia and made it through the night.