Monsters....

Max has struggled with night terrors over the last year.  He will have anywhere between 1-3 in any given night.  They do seem to change in intensity with the fluctuation of his medication, however up until recently we never knew how to really comfort him because he couldn't communicate with us in the midst of the screaming.  He will start screaming uncontrolably while still asleep, depending on the severity of terror it will take us some time to try to get him to snap out of it and wake up. We understand that this is a very common symptom that Max shares with other OMS kids, but our doctors are having us pursue other therapy to make sure he isn't also struggling with a post tramatic stress disorder as well.

The last couple months Max has been able to verbalize more and let us know that these dreams are very scary and include monsters.  Max does have Henry the good monster and Buzz lightyear and they try to protect him. Most mornings when Max is more awake we ask him to tell us about his dreams and most morning the only answer we get is "scary monsters".   However one day, we were asking Max about his dreams and Molly chimes in and shares a story about her monster experience. She claims that she has a monster named Pak who also has a sibling who shares the same name.  Pak and Pak come in her room at night and cuddle with her but most of the time they kick her and she doesn't like it.  She says the only way to get Pak and Pak to leave is to yell "Dance Party!" as loud as you can and then they will leave and then you have to dance.  No joke-from the mouth of a 2 year old.    Next time you see them feel free to ask them about their monsters.  I just love to hear the kids talking more, its so fun!