Trying To Stand My Ground.

1:45 am this morning I wake up to Conner standing next to my bed trying to tell me he had a bad dream...2nd night in a row for him. Conner doesn't do this very often so I am trying to be very understanding. For the 2nd night I get up and go to the guest bedroom with him so he "won't be alone". This is kinda funny because he actually shares a room with his bro and is never alone..but never mind that. We just settle down when,yep you guessed it, here comes Carson to say "Mommy, I'm scared." So I am tired and trying to be creative and appeasing to all parties involved. I suggest he lays down next to Conner and I am going back to my bed. Oh no no, this will not do for either boy. I have to stay... Then I start thinking...what the heck am I doing! It is now 2 am and I am trying to convince my children to sleep in the guest room together instead of in their own room together..make no sense I know.. so they won't be afraid. I finally came to my senses and said "You know what, everyone is going back to bed in their own rooms on the count of 3 or I am taking lots of stuff away tomorrow..." I could have saved myself a lot of wake up time had i just done that from the get go. I do things the hard way a lot! I just worry that I am going to scar them for life or something if I don't make the right decisions. I know we all go thru this at some point in parenting.