Last October my DF ,at 7m pregnant, lost her incredible DH...he went in for a routine operation and died...it was a huge huge shock to everyone and devastating. Her DS at the time was 4.2 and developed an absolute fear of all things medical because he associated it with his daddy dying.
It's only recently he has slowly started to be ok around medical equipment (inc plasters) or doctors surgerys but it was a long and difficult road back.
In December DF gave birth to her gorgeous little girl and things were slowly becoming better...
Heartbreakingly, 6w ago, her DD died, DF went into wake her up one morning but she had passed away in the night.
Her DS was left with a family member whilst everything was dealt with that day and it was explained to him that she had gone to sleep and died (he was worried she was sick like daddy or hurt herself)
He is now petrified of sleeping or letting DF sleep incase they die...and she is desperate for some help...he has got himself into a routine of sleeping for an hour at a time at the most but wakes up screaming and will hit DF until she wakes up...meaning what little sleep she manages to get it broken with her terrified DS hitting and screaming
Between them, they are broken...she is trying to grieve for her dd and dh and desperately trying to help her DS but with no idea what to do
Any help would be so appreciated
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IHopeYouStepOnALegoPiece · 13/08/2014 12:02
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