CHRISTINE'S SENSITIVE SIDE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. MOST OF THE TIME IT'S AT BEDTIME WHEN SHE IS REALLY TIRED AND EMOTIONAL.

More everyday things. This is really long. It's details about bedtime and Christine. Bad dreams, stuffed animals, and a sensitive girl. Christine came out of her room tonight after being in bed for maybe five minutes. She said that she was thinking about a bad dream she had the other night so she couldn't go to sleep. We both went to my room and got in bed. She started crying and I of course asked her what was wrong, other than her bad dream. She told me that she feels so bad about not giving her stuffed animals enough attention, and that the ones on the bottom of the container never get ANY attention. She said that they are never comfortable because they are all heaped together, and upside down. I told her that they are all together, and that they get a lot of attention from each other. She said that when you have stuffed animals you need to give all of them attention, and she said that the ones at the bottom don't even see daylight. So, we got all of them out of their tub and she gave each one a hug and put some at the foot of my bed and between our pillows. The others she put carefully back in their tub. She said that she doesn't want anymore stuffed animals because she has too many already, and she can't give them all attention. I told her that when relatives ask me what she wants for Christmas, I will tell them that she has plenty of stuffed animals. How do kids end up with soooooooo many stuffed animals? She doesn't want anyone to get their feelings hurt by telling them that she doesn't want more. When all the animals were comfy and ready for bed I told her that she really needed to get to sleep. She said that she had too much on her mind and that she just couldn't sleep. So I started talking to her about her dance lessons and how much she has learned. I asked her if she wanted me to sing to her and she said, "no I'm fine." My singing would probably cause her to have nightmares. Singing is not one of my talents. Her stuffed animals talked to her as well. Well, I talk for them. I'm really not nuts. Almost done. I asked her if she wanted me to rub her back so she would get sleepy, (A friend of hers had head lice so I have been checking her every day to make sure there is nothing moving on her head) and she said no that she wanted me to check her for head lice because that makes her sleepy. It's the playing with the hair thing, it makes me sleepy too. I checked for lice until she fell asleep, which was just a few minutes. Before I left the room I moved some of the animals around on the bed so she would know that they were awake and having fun. She knows that they don't really move or have feelings, but she loves them like they do. I went through the same thing with my stuffed animals. I'm ok with not spending time with them now ( I'm kidding) and I promise I don't share my bed with twenty animals every night, but every once in awhile, I do. So, I really should go check on all of them, and make room for myself in my bed. Goodnight and have a good day tomorrow.