DS turns 4 in a few weeks time and has always been a good sleeper. We turn out the light completely and he sleeps with his teddy and comforter in his own bed. We watch him on the monitor and it's always been this way for the last two years.
About a month ago he was quite ill so would wake up in the night and meant we would put him in bed with us. Shortly afterwards he started to get up at around 1am, sometimes later, and come into our room and get into bed. When you're so tired you give in but as I'm pregnant I'm getting bigger and can't have him in our bed as he kicks. What has happened is he's ended up being taken into the spare room by DH or we've taken it in turns sleeping in there because we can't seem to break the habit of DS getting out of bed.
One night earlier this week he slept through in his own bed, after much persuasion and we were so pleased! Since then it's gone downhill. He wakes up after a few hours crying saying he's scared (he has a night light now and has had for a few months) and saying he doesn't like the dark. We put another lamp in his room and have even left the door open. Yet every night he cries and ends up asking to sleep with us.
Tonight was really sad because at around 7pm he just started crying and getting really upset. He said it was because he didn't want to go to sleep and didn't want to be in his room alone with nobody else to sleep with. DH and I both tried to talk to him and distract him as well as reassure him but he continued to cry. We think he's genuinely scared of sleeping alone and don't know what to do. Any help would be appreciated as we are one tired family at the moment!
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DS suddenly scared of sleeping alone :-(
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CrispsCrispsCrisps · 02/01/2016 20:07
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