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Nearly 4yo gone all clingy and scared

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taffylass · 07/12/2007 19:47

Hi there, this is my first post so hello to you all ;)

My nearly 4yo has always had trouble with early waking but we just got on with it as he always went to bed well and slept through. Everything about him was hunky dory up to about 5 days ago. He has suddenly gone really anxious about him being alone with me and his dad, he will not be in any room by himself, we have to be with him when he goes to the toilet, it's so bad that if we just leave the room for a microsecond he will finish his wee early. At nightime he is waking about 2am really scared and just not settling for hours, he calls out to us and asks us what every little noise is, saying there is a dog in his room that is going to eat him. We go into his room say 5 times in 5 minutes throughout the night, we have tried the reassurance approach, the firm approach, but we feel guilty as he seems so afraid. A night light has no impact.
Now about a month ago our family dog died unexpectedly, we explained this to him as best we could and he talked about it. He says he is scared about a dog with blood coming out of his legs, yet his relationship with our dog was wonderful and he is great with animals, dogs especially.
Any help, thoughts on this would be brilliant-even to know I am not alone would be wonderful!!

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Othersideofthechannel · 07/12/2007 20:15

Maybe he thinks you will go away and not come back like the dog did.

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Othersideofthechannel · 07/12/2007 20:16

Oh, and welcome. Where are my manners?

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