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Sleep advice please? Sleep triaing a 6 year old

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PutAPeachyInYourSimnelCake · 12/04/2006 19:56

OK. bear with me for the explanation, please, question after

As some of you know, DS1 is in the opinions of me, Dh BIBIC and anyone who has ever entered the personal space that is our home, AS. However school and my parents / MIL (who notably do not enter our home) disagree, and school think we are not dealing with his behaviour.

I can't fight any more (mainly coz they've all pee'd off on hols) and can't get a DX coz school causing problems so I'm saying Hey! Maybe they're right. maybe I'm a crap mother and maybe I need some advice on sleep training a six year old who is terrified of sleep, dremas, being alone etc.

I may as well go back to basics hadn't I?

Sorry if bitter but I am. But I REALLY would like the advice, it's worth a shot, maybe sometimes you have to listen to people instead of tell?

Anyway he goes to bed at the right time, but if DS2 doesn't want to slep in his bed he screams, and he is genuinely terrified. He doesn't generally drop off until midnight. the other two sleep well, but he kkeeps them up iyswim.

OP posts:

Passionflower · 12/04/2006 20:32

PAPIYSC I'm not sure what to advise but didn't want to saunter off after reading your post because you are clearly at the end of your tether and I want to offer some support. My StepDS is AS btw and he doesn't seem to need very much sleep and I think that this may be common to children with AS though I am by no means an authority.

If I were in you place I would try my family doctor for a referral to a child psych. Your DS clearly has some issues that need to be dealt with, and in your place I couldn't allow him to continue to be in real fear without trying to do something to alleviate it.

Someone wiser and more experienced in AS will be along with better advice soon I am sure.

Best wishes.

Passionflower · 13/04/2006 10:04

Bump for Peachy

coppertop · 13/04/2006 10:09

Have you thought about trying melatonin? If the main problem is not being able to fall asleep in the first place then it can really help. If he's lying awake for hours then his imagination may well be working overtime.

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