Things One Thinks About While Sleeping

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Ok, I know some of you are probably scratching your heads at this point and wondering what the heck I am talking about here, but I will get to that shortly. More often than not, I come up with my best ideas while asleep. Yes you heard that right "while asleep"! Which has lead me to believe that in some instances dreams can be a form of altered thinking. Maybe not even a form of altered thinking, but just good old, get right down to it, thinking. Or could it be that while we "think" we are sleeping, we are really awake in one form or another? Who knows, that's something to ponder about some other time. During one of these sleep induced thinking moments, I was in debate with myself whether or not certain sleeping patterns such as: sleeping on your right or left side; in a fetal position; with your butt in the air; or however one gets to sleep at night, could be passed on to your children. Or if in some manner by an observation the child has made, has in some manner just picked up on certain sleeping habits, by seeing how their parents are asleep at the time they rush in and try to wake their parents up. Being as observant as I sometimes can be, what brought this little ongoing debate within my head on, was a few days ago, I had a friend and her son staying with me, while her husband was away on a three day business trip. They were sleeping in my guest bedroom with the door open (don't know why they had the door open) and I happen to notice both were sleeping exactly the same. Both on their right sides with one leg slightly bent. This very well could have just been a coincidence, but being the person that I am, well I like to think there is something more to it than just mere coincidences taking place. So in ending, what are your thoughts? Do you thinking how one sleeps could be determined early in the developmental stages? or do you believe it just a weird sense of deja vu and coincidence that certain alike sleep patterns can be observed both in the parent and child?