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My kids and my sister, also, have done this on occasion. It is kind of creepy, but no one has ever wandered outside. I think you should have let her clean the living room! :) Maybe she would have found something to dust! That is pretty funny and something I'm sure you'll remember and be able to use as ammunition for a long time!

Thanks Jen!  I think you are right, I just should have said 'yeah, go ahead, clean away.'  I might have got a better cleaning job from her asleep!  Haha.

I told her this morning and she was like, "No, I didn't do that."  She is so in denial.  I am sure this will be a funny family story to tell!

Thanks again...it is good to know none of your 'sleepwalkers' ever made it outside...however, if she does make it out there, I am sure the foor of snow outside will wake her up rather quickly.  ;)

When I was in middle school, I used to do stuff like that.  I took a shower in my parents' room, and I would be in there at 2 or 3 in the morning, thinking it was time to get ready for school.  I remember this happening several times.

I never made it outside, and I don't do it now, it seemed to be a transitional thing, as I was not a sleepwalker before that, and haven't since.

I can understand why you are concerned, but you're right about it being a funny family story!

My 2 year old sleep walks.  It took us almost a month for us to figure it out.  We thought he would just wake up and roam the house at night.  Then we made the mistake of waking him once.  We can talk to him, but we made the mistake of waking him by touching him and he began shrieking and totally flipped out!  Once I got him calmed down he asked why he wasn't at the park.  Guess in his "walks" he was at the park.  We now just lead him back to bed - and have a nifty high lock on our exterior doors so we don't have an escapee.

Thanks Michelle! 

Wow, I guess kids are just drawn to their parents bedroom...I can handle that, just as long as she doesn't end up outside somewhere. 

Also, I wonder, if it has anything to do with puberty (since she is almost in middle school, too and is definitely 'starting' to mature in many ways)...I will have to do more research.

Thanks again!

Our 4YO sleep walks and has for about 2 years.  He used to go and lay down in my closet, then he went and sat in front of the fridge, now he comes and stands outside our door and yells our names.  We make sure and set the house alarm every night because we worry about him going outside as well.  I don't know if there is anything we can do.  He's never gotten into anything.

Wow, Quirky Momma, I am glad I didn't touch her...I just 'told' her to go, and she did!  This is all very stange (but, I guess puberty isn't much of a factor since your son is 2)...  ;)

I wonder what causes it...I am now very interested in all of this...it was rather strange.  To see someone who appears to be awake, but totally not there.

Wow, Adoptive Momma, that's another child drawn to their parents bedroom (However, I could definitely see my 10YO laying in front of the fridge)...I am thinking about having an alarm installed (we live in the country so have never felt a need to have one)...

Thanks!

My now 6 year-old is finally growing out of sleepwalking after about 3 1/2 years of it.  A lot of times she would be dreaming and then have to go to the bathroom, so she would wake up enough to get up, but still be in the dream.  We had some pretty interesting conversations while I was helping her do her business. :)  It tends to run in families.  My husband's brother and his dad sleepwalked, too.  Actually, my father-in-law still does every now and then when he's got a lot going on.  One time my MIL woke up to my FIL, who's a retired teacher, "teaching" from the dresser mirror as if it were a chalkboard.  She very politely raised her hand, he called on her, and she said, "Mr. Duncan, would you please come back to bed?"  He did!  LOL!

my middle son did this but when he was little.  i was just about to get someone to install a high lock on the outter door when he seemed to out grow it.  the likelihood (% wise) of them leaving is fairly low but it's one of those things that I wasn't willing to risk. I did TONS of reading on it and it seems that one of the most common things for sleep walkers to do is either 1, go to someone else's room (ie parents or siblings), often laying back down in that room. I'd find my son in my bed or even on the floor if I didn't hear him come in and tell him to go back to his room before he layed down.  It was REALLY creepy if I'd roll over and just realize he was standing there. He'd just stand there without saying anything!  2, many seem to go to "the bathroom" but are often wrong about where they are. many times going into closets etc.