Awful horrible stupid night terrors.

The last couple of days have been especially hard and at the same time cute for us here. Paige has been having night terrors and that has been horrible, any parent who has exprerienced this can attest that it can shake a person to the core. Watching my child thrash about in sheer terror and be able to do nothing but rub her back and pray has been so taxing, especially when she remembers nothing of it the very next day. Of course since I spent the night hearing her calling to me and looking me in the eye but not seeing me, crying that she loves me and doesn't want me to leave, although I am sitting right in front of her, I spend the days trying as hard as I can to go out of my way to spend time with her. I suspect that maybe she is feeling jealousy and maybe some abandonment since her baby sister is getting to the age where she is responding to us more, and is getting more attention. Anyway, we have been playing a lot more together, instead of working or cleaning which I normally do when Mia goes down for naps I have been trying to spend that time with Paige doing whatever she wants to do. We have been cooking a lot of pretend meals, taking a lot of pretend camping trips and eating a lot of real picnics packed in her Shamu lunchbox. It is a lot of fun. She says some pretty cute things, like if we are in the middle of a game and she wants to go do something else, but doesn't want me to leave my part of the game, she will say, "excuse me for just one moment, I will be right back." which I think is hilarious. She told me tonight that she loves me as high as heaven. (we have been reading "I love you as much") I love that little kid. I wish there were something we could do to help her through this time. Poor little baby.