My 4 and a half year old seems to have developed a real fear of sleeping on her own. She did sleep with me until she was about 3 and a half and for the last year she has been fine until I let her sleep with me on holiday and sleep over at her nanas house that lives near me. Now bedtime is a nightmare, she is genuinely afraid and she goes on about bedtime all during the day. When I have given in and let her sleep with me she is like a different child. She was ill a few weeks back and I said I would let her stay in bed with me and I could not believe the change in her, she was like a dream. It?s got me worried, it?s not about the dark and I have put a TV in her room to keep her company and I always stay with her until she falls asleep but she wakes up and it?s more the build up to bedtime that?s distressing her. She is a smart kid but I don?t think she is playing me, I can see the fear in her. I plan to ride it out but wanted to reach out and see if anyone can offer some advice or share similar story.