I always hear stories about kids walking in their sleep. I guess it happens sometimes with adults but it’s much more rare. I wonder why that is. Maybe it’s because the mind of a child is so much more active. After all, children can absorb an incredible amount of information and retain it. I once read that a child of five can learn up to seven languages simultaneously without slowing their pace of learning. As adults, our knowledge acquisition becomes a strenuous activity, full of rigorous studying and memory techniques. I know I wish I had stuck with the violin and speaking French when I was younger because now it seems impossible to learn something new.

So I was a sleepwalker, and talker, as a kid. I used to completely freak my mom out. I’ve never actually seen someone sleepwalk, but I imagine that it must be kinda scary. Especially after being subjected to the hollywood depictions of zombies and creepy evil kids. My mom said I used to sit up and just stare at her or come out of my room and start flipping the lights on and off. Weird.

Once my cousin walked out of his house and down the street while he was sleeping! I think the oddest thing is those people who sleep-eat. Could you imagine? Like all of a sudden you are gaining all this weight and you can’t figure out why, while all the time you are making giant dagwoods and slamming coke in your sleep! We just remodeled our kitchen and my new fridge has an alarm that you can turn on. I think I will do that just in case.

Tags: habits, kids, sleepwalk