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[fox]

5yo was quiet in the car today, so I tried to prompt a conversation.

me: Did you have any dreams last night?
5yo: No.
me: Well, that's okay.
5: You can never have too many dreams.
me: I don't know. Some dreams are pretty upsetting.
5: But you can't have too many good dreams.
me: The thing is, if you're dreaming, even if it's a good dream, you're not sleeping as restfully as other times.
5: Silly mommy. I make up stories in my head to help me sleep.
me: You do?
5: Yeah. Only I whisper them to myself so instead of helping me sleep they keep me awake.

Y'all, I was beaming so hard into the rearview mirror I may not have been driving safely. "I make up stories in my head to help me sleep." (But they keep him awake instead. Welcome to your brain, kiddo.) I do hear him whispering under the covers! He says the stories he makes up are about Super Mario, but he won't tell them to me. Of course I told him that's okay if his stories are just for him.

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