its sad in a cute moment

its such a sad moment when you feel abandoned

Indeed it is. The feeling of being alone is one of the greatest fears of every person. Which is one reason why "empty" houses at night are spooky and scary for a lot of people.

I felt the same way when my son was that age. It hurt seeing the look on his face when he wasn't ready to go to bed but you knew he needed his sleep. He is six now and still never wants to go to bed but even on the weekend when he can stay up later he tends to crash just a bit after his normal bedtime.

Thats a good sign for a regular day-night circle if he gets tired even without external "action"

Aww damn. ;3;

Adorable.

Now that im all grown up I stay up till 3am often xD

To protect the toddler, I couldn't sleep alone in my own bed till I was 7 years old. Yes, I was damn late .but every time at night I woke up from a nightmare. That I get to look for my parents and if I reach their bedroom at the end of the eternity-long corridor (10 Meters/ 32 feet) I found my parents dead, only skeleton remains. This fear persisted in me till a holiday with my parents were each had their own bed but we all slept in one large room. So I had this nightmare again, woke up but could see and hear in the dark my parents sleeping and snoring alive.

Right after this moment of me seeing it ONCE that my parents are not "dead" if not in sight directly, I slept alone. I even had to tell my parents 1 week later if they even NOTICED I sleep alone. And they told me they not even noticed this change AT ALL.

So yeah, I can sign that even pre-school kids can feel abandonship and the feeling of (irrational) loss. And yet, a regular bed-time schedule is needed even if its hard or the kids never get a day-night circle in their life.

I was going to say something about how innocent she looks, but it's just turned into a rather gloomy thread about feelings of rejection and abandonment.

Nyyyyuuuu gives soft blankie n cuddle

I actually remember doing that

Awwwwh..... my poor heart..... That story too

"...What did they say the title of the move was? Something about a party with sausages? That sound like fun! I'll just sneak in and hide beside the couch so I can watch with them!"

Aw... needs more stuffed friends to snuggle. That makes bedtime better!!!

That's so precious and adorable, while sad at the same time!

Yerp. This was me. What used to happen was I would try to sleep, but my parents would laugh and keep me awake, until I couldn't stand it anymore, and came out to see what was so funny. It was always David Letterman, and I had always come in after the joke. I would also see all sorts of weird monsters in the dark coming and going, and would come up with this cunning plan to wait for them to go to sleep so I could follow the monsters and see where they were going, but then I'd fall asleep...

Way back when the kids were little, we did the family bed thing - the baby and kids up to 2 or 3 slept with us in one big bed...time to ourselves would be elsewheres...

Not sure it was a good solution though - the kids still had to eventually face sleeping alone, and having kids sleeping between us, while really wonderful, also put a sort of distance and stress on our own need to cuddle....i don't have any answer for this situation.

Maybe reading, stories, play, lots of hugs before bed, - cuddle toys, and some sort very soft light and music in child's room - baby monitor device to hear if they are upset during the night (we did that once they graduated from bed....and can mean walking them back and forth in the wee hours until they fall asleep again ).

Got no answers. Kids seemed to turn out okay - their own choices, cuz they felt loved. i think a kid raised in crib can also feel loved, no problem. From 3 1/2 to 6 or 7 i think kids revise "baby time" to "kid time" - and it's in "kid-time" the formative stuff happens....Still, however you make good "baby-time" stuff happen is a good foundation for that.

I have said it before but there is just something about the way you draw children that make me incredibly attached and emotional, sad, happy, it doesn't matter. Your art style really just inspires me to react. Sometimes it will stick to my mind for hours afterwards.

This is just preciously adorable. I love it!

Now, this makes me wonder how my sister and I were at that time in our lives with our parents. As a parent, I'd probably have a hard time simply putting my kid to bed, alone, at an early age. Although, I'm sure there is some way to make it gradual.