Our daughter has always been a great sleeper and never had any problems at all. Suddenly about 2 months ago she has had a major problem almost every night getting to sleep. She goes to bed at her normal time then as soon as we head to bed, usually around 11pm she creeps in with the pretence of something wrong, bad chest, headache, feeling sick, the list goes on. If I lie in the bed with her she falls to sleep quite quickly but as soon as I move she is awake and gets really upset when i try to leave. If she stays at grandparents no problem at all goes to bed and sleeps through. Eventually after a long talk last night she says she is frightened in her room alone as she can hear noises. We did have a major holiday this year and were away for just over a month when we spent most of the time in hotel rooms as a family so she has someone with her every night. It is only since returning that the problem has started so not sure if this is related. We are now totally at a loss what to do as I just never get a full nights sleep and she is getting more and more upset as time goes on. It is at the point where she is asking to sleep at her grandparents every weekend or always asks for a friend for a sleepover. the temptation to give in and have a good nights sleep is great but I know we can't give in to this as the problem will never be resolved. Any advice would be so greatly appreciated.
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Help needed - 11 (almost12) year old DD is "frightened"to sleep alone
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Lisaannb · 21/11/2016 10:04
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