You know, sometimes as a parent, you screw up.
I was in bed, dozing while waiting for Raffi to fall asleep, with David asleep on my other side. Raffi didn't want to go to sleep but eventually lay still, but then he started to toss and turn and talk to him self and I lost my temper and yelled at him. He woke David and then I was REALLY mad and sat up and yelled some more. He burst into tears sleepily and refused to talk to me. But after watching him for a few minutes, something didn't make sense. I think what happened was that all three of us fell asleep. I dreamed that Raffi was talking and moving. David woke up to use the potty, waking me, and I concluded in my half asleep state that Raffi was responsible and yelled, waking him and making him cry.
After I pottied David, I lay him down again and both boys were asleep within a couple of minutes. There's no possible way that Raffi went from totally awake and deliberately moving in bed for an hour to asleep that quickly. He had to have been asleep to start with. While I feel like a jerk for waking him, at least I feel better that I didn't scream and curse at him the way I did in my dream. That seemed a little out of character.
After I pottied David, I lay him down again and both boys were asleep within a couple of minutes. There's no possible way that Raffi went from totally awake and deliberately moving in bed for an hour to asleep that quickly. He had to have been asleep to start with. While I feel like a jerk for waking him, at least I feel better that I didn't scream and curse at him the way I did in my dream. That seemed a little out of character.