James has always been a great sleeper, but he seems to go through phases where he has bad dreams for a week (or weeks) that then cause him to then routinely wake up during those times and come looking for us even if he hasn't really had a nightmare. It's always hard to figure out what triggers his nightmares and how we can stop them (though we suspect it's usually something he's seen on TV or something he's recently read/heard about - he has a very active imagination during the day, so we can only imagine what he dreams up overnight). We don't mind him sneaking into our bed (or us having to go down and sleep with him), other than the fact that sometimes the dreams jar him enough that he's awake for a long time, anxious and fidgeting. Thunderstorms have the same effect on him (and occasionally Cora as well, though her Rockabye Baby music combined with the air purifier white noise set between their bedrooms prevent her from hearing them as often). Living in the Deep South, we have a lot of months with lots of rain, and as I've stated in the past, it rarely "just rains" here. If it's raining, it's usually storming - with thunder claps that shake the house and lightening shows so bright they light the bedroom to daylight status in pulses, over and over. If only we had a basement to sleep in during stormy nights...
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