My DS (9) doesn't sleep and never has done. As a baby he had chronic colic for six months, would not sleep in his cot as a baby, suffered night terrors as a young child and now just suffers from Insomnia for hours at a time. We have tried everything you could think of, nothing works.
His doctor has assured us there's nothing medically wrong and some children, like some adults, have trouble sleeping. He may grow out of it, he may not, he has gotten a lot better with age, at three he would perhaps sleep four hours over the entire night.
He gets about six on a good night and we make it work. However, since going back to school, his routine is struggling and we have had even more trouble with his sleeping.
School are aware of this and have encouraged and supported him throughout his time there. He drifted off in class today and we were called in after playtime by his new (to the school) teacher.
After explaining he has terrible trouble sleeping and that we are trying to settle back in his routine. She looked at with with a complete look of reproach and said 'Have you ever tried putting him to bed earlier? Or giving him some piriton every night?'
It has been four hours and I'm still fuming! A) at her tone and insinuation that's something so simple could rectify it (his bedtime at one point was half five) and B) to suggest essentially drugging him every night.
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calmbeforeiloseit · 29/09/2016 19:37
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