AIBU to expect my 6 year old not go to bed without shouting of me

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My 6 year old shouts if me after I’ve put him to bed multiple times. It’s usually for silly reasons like :
bathroom doors shut, is someone in there

i heard a noise

im cold / hot

ive lost my teddy

my pjs aren’t comfortable

room is too dark/bright etc etc

Him and his stepbrother (same age) go to bed at the same time, DSS goes straight to sleep but I worry that my DS may be waking him up with his shouting.

I’ve tried doing a reward chart, he still shouts! He plays with his teddies in bed after I’ve said night, so will always shout down when he’s finished playing and ready to go to sleep.

im at my wits end on how to get him to stop shouting of me! Help

Have you tried checking with him that he has everything he needs? I find it helps if I say - you have your water, you’ve done your wee, we’ve had a story etc is there anything else that you need before I go? It’s important that you go to sleep now and get lots of rest and I won’t be happy if you come down for something that you should have asked for already.

it’s not perfect but it helps. 6 year olds are chancers though, well mine is!

Yes, run through a checklist with him and be firm. He just wants your attention: when I was an au pair, the seven year old did this every single night - until his mum did this. She got firm: ran through the questions with him, gave him a big goodnight cuddle then made it clear that she would not be happy if he started shouting. He got it pretty quickly.

When I was 6 I was terrified of going to sleep alone but kept being told I was a big girl and shouldn’t need mummy/daddy anymore so I wouldn’t say I was scared I would say I was thirsty/hungry/cold etc to keep them coming back. Eventually they got firm and it didn’t make me less scared just made me deal with it alone.
Still struggle to get to sleep as an adult.
Could he read/try an audiobook?

I was also thinking about an audio bed time story or a child's sleep meditation, something playing to keep him soothed. I was scared of the dark when I was young so I think a night light and a timed bed time story for an hour so he can fall asleep to it may help.