What is it about the book Goodnight Moon that calms a upset toddler? I ask myself this question everytime I go to read this book to Lydia. If this was the only book in her collection I think she would be totally content. I've read this so many times to her that I can repeatedly recite the words to her when the book is not within reach. This was the case last night.
She's not been feeling to well-mostly just another cold with the usual runny nose, so as you can imagine, last night was a long night. It wasnt' that she didn't want to sleep last night, it was just that she wanted to be held b/c she wasn't feeling well. So, most of the early morning was spent with me rocking her in her chair with her magic blankie. We then migrated to the couch to see if we could possibly try successfully laying down so mommy could get a little shut eye before day broke. It wasn't happening. I ran through some scenarios in my tired mind as to what I could do to calm and comfort this child. So, I began to recite Goodnight Moon-there in the darkness. Lydia immediatly became still and started listening intently-like she had heard these words somewhere before but also like it was the first time she had heard them. I ended up reciting it about 3 times before she finally lulled herself to sleep. YES! Mission accomplished! It's 5:30 AM! I can finally get maybe an hour of sleep before my darling husband will have to get up for work...thus my day began.
So-what's the significance of this all? This whole ordeal got me thinking...why is it that the words of this book are so comforting? Even when the words are etched in my brain to where I can recite them with the same animation as I do when I read the book to her, she is comforted. Is this maybe why God gives us so many words of comfort in His Word, the Bible? When I wake up in the middle of the night worrying about stuff I shouldn't worry about, maybe I should think about some of the words of comfort He provides. I really need to work on "being still" before Him. Maybe I can learn a lesson from this 1 year old.
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Thank you for finally explaining the hypnotic ability of Goodnight Moon. Brent refuses to read it anymore, and I, like you, don't need the book to "read" it since it's memorized. It calms me down too though....I should memorize scripture as easily as I memorize toddler picture books. Your blog is quite inspirational. Thanks for sharing Sabrena!
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