Dd 6 in January and has never been a particularly good sleeper.
We did reach a point at around 4/5 when she went to bed normally and slept well but woke very early.
However since last summer she has been horrendous to get to sleep. It involves great long story times and being u able to leave the room until she's asleep and even then wakes during the night and refuses to stay in bed, says she's scared or invents ailments.
We ended up so exhausted A few months ago that we put a temporary bed on our floor which she now gets into during the night.
Lately the ante has been upped again at bedtime, she fights sleep and if she does go off is up a few minutes after we leave totally hysterical if we try to put her back to her bed, seems terrified.
So tonight I'm ill and came home from work early. She os on a late shift so I put her up around 8, read to her till she nodded off then it all starts again five minutes after I've left. Refusing to go to her bed, says she heard a man say her name and later sniffing.
I battled her for a bit but feel too ill so now she is on the floor in my room and I'm in bed having not had a single second to myself once again.
I'm so sick of it. She's number five, I've never had this with the others.
She's a miserable hypochondriac in the day as well as she's exhausted.
What can I do