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I Used To Believe
I Used To Believe
I used to believe: Sleeping
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When I was little, I used to believe when my mom tells us to go to sleep around two (2) in the afternoon so that we will grow up faster and taller. As I grow older, I never really thought she was right. I’m still short.
If you have a child, would you tell them the same thing? Be careful.
A Thousand Beautiful Things
by: Janis Siegel
my mom told me the same stories just to get me to nap in the afternoon.
there was also this myth that when you jump as soon as the clock stirkes twelve on new year’s celebration, you will grow taller.
I believed that .. and still I am vertically challenegd
“…on new year’s celebration, you will grow taller.”
Hahaha.
Funny that I remember I did these from the table to jump in the aerie. I think I’d done that until I was in my 4th Grade, how silly. I thought wow, growing is too easy every year just to jump. Then as we get older it is actually associated in REJOICING that the Lord has risen. It kind of reminding me that being a kid, we always believe in every little things and pass it on to the young generations when we grow older.
i would. i think they made us do thato get us out of their hairs for even just an hour hehehe. gives them precious alone time hahaha
And sometimes, Mothers would watch a tele-nobela or prepare snacks so the moment we wakes up, nakatapos na sila ng pinaplantsa nilang damit. Yun pala yun, hehehe.
i would too, and i agree with G! on giving them time alone maybe to rest too…i think siesta is actually for adults, but kids can be bothersome.
and until now when i brush my teeth, i have this subconscious thought “i’m a good girl, i should brush before sleep..” like echoing voices from childhood. rituals of life.
and until now when i brush my teeth, i have this subconscious thought “i’m a good girl, i should brush before sleep..”
That too and would remind us to go wee wee before going to sleep lalo na palaihi ako nun habang natutulog.
Would you believe our parents would even tell us some make-believe scary stories (which I think not good) then they’ll go like “may moo moo kakainin ang bata pag hindi natulog ng maaga”. That’s the time when I really have to go bed scared that there’s monster in the house.
I don’t think I would tell them these stories. My parents and grandparents were mostly straight-up with me and I don’t think I missed out on any “childhood fascinations”. I still had an active imagination and believed all sorts of stuff, but I imagine I looked within for a lot of them.
I was brought up with lots of childhood beliefs. It’s probably part of training when we were just kids which then produces the moral or mental improvement. Apparently these are some commonly childhood delusions, such as eating the seed of a guava will grow trees inside your tummy. A lot of these are just an overactive imagination to train us, say how to sleep on time, otherwise a lot are the results of parental misinformation really.
yes, i also was brought up that way … and now Bianca at 2 years still has her siesta in the afternoon … if she doesnt take her nap she’s kinda active in the night and have dreams in the night
I find that strange too, my pamangkins used to live with us when they were very little, they cried during the middle of the night and would always thought they needed milk. They would dream a lot of the monsters hiding under their bed but as they grow up they would then ask about their body, all the time, parents would be shocked what to answer. Do you take a bath with Bianca naked and maybe she’ll ask why you have more hairs down there than hers?
I’m not sure what to tell my kids in case it happens to me.
Hah, G, at least you got it.
Afternoon naps were a must in the family. I so needed the time alone for myself. And tell you, I’d still be very satisfied even if the nap lasts for just ten minutes… And so they say, time is very precious. Haha.
But my kids don’t take take their naps these days. They’ve grown… Sigh. Big big sigh.
Ps: No, I don’t tell them stories… i give them orders to get to bed. Hehe.
“…. i give them orders to get to bed. Hehe.”
How strict! I will not follow unless you give me with something to eat first. Or I will gonna make a mess in the room.
i caught her one time staring at my front and was probably asking herself “how come Mama has bumps in her front?” good thing she didnt articulate it … whew!
as i posted in duke’s comment box: Kids DO and SAY the darnest things! hehehehehe
Me singing: “my hump! my hump! my hump!” Oh well you should have explained that one day, she gonna have one of those when she grow up.
that’s only an excuse for them to have time for themselves and watch their soaps in peace.
In pinas naman kasi after lunch eh lahat gustong matulog, siesta parang fiesta puro kain tulog kapag bakasyon. How I wish I can do that here. Bet you do that a lot there.
as a mom, i’ve learned that for every “old-wives’ tale” passed down to me by my elders, there’s some kind of logic behind it. which is why before i subject my daughter to anything weird, i analyze it to pieces. it’s a good thing to remember that especially when your turn as a parent comes.
as for napping, kids really need them to recharge. kasi sa bilis ng metabolism nila, they need to slow down in the middle of the day or else they will end up overly-tired (which, in adult parlance, equates to Stress). di ba when we’re stressed, our bodily functions go amuck. in kids, if they don’t get their rest, it stunts their growth and they won’t be able to maximize their growth potential, ergo won’t grow tall. also, kids who nap regularly sleep better at night. kasi nightmares are brought about by overstimulation - our brains go overtime to try to calm our senses down.
anyway, as for us petite people, i think there’s some genetics involved, too, hehe. so don’t be too harsh on your childhood traditions, if not for these “kasabihan” we wouldn’t be the structured persons that we are now.
nga pala, korek din yung assumption na yung naps are used by whoever takes care of the children to have some “me” time. hindi biro mag-alaga ng hyperactive toddlers at pilosopong kids noh, hehe. nakakaubos talaga ng energy!
syempre kailangan din ng nanay mag-recharge noh (at mag-blog, like moi!)… or else maaga darating ang wrinkles!
Well I think KIDS & SLEEP are both related to each other. But nowadays there are kids who suffer from sleep disorder because, they watch too much TV or play XBOX so nawawala na yung sleeping traditional bedtime like nung mga bata pa tayo. Ehem, I do think that mothers, after a long day work in modern household, needs BEDTIME too. Kaso nga lang, pag minsan walang meryenda hindi na ako susunod sa utos next time.
But I remember, I was not very pilosopo naman, pinapaypayan pa nga ako nun at may hele-hele song pa.
I nap too and I’m 1.59m. Yeesh.
However, (taken off a googled site) “… research shows that children who nap have longer attention spans and are less fussy than their non-napping peers. ”
I don’t know about the longer attention span thing as mine is fleeting.. but I can say that as unwelcomed that dreaded 1pm-2pm nap was, it left me feeling calmer when I wake up.
Believe me, I would usually nap a few minutes in the toilet after lunch at work, my boss would think that I’m just “cleaning” up my tummy. It’s kind of a habit that I can’t tolerate.