I feel that I am snapping...My 5 yr old is really scared of fireworks and this year has been the worst! This week she has been unable to fall asleep unless I sit with her and hold her hand and cover her ears with my other hand ( I have been doing it as I need her to feel safe). She is scared to go out of the house when its dark, and every night since Monday she has woken up screaming with nightmares which I feel is coming because her anxiety is very high( and has been sleeping in my bed).
Yesterday we managed to convince her at 5pm just to go out till the car and I put her hood on to cover her ears and to our luck, there were some fireworks really close by!
Today has been unbearable! since the fireworks have started, she is staying right next to me like a tail, she is not going into any room on her own, I have had to close all curtain and blind in the whole house (which I did) she has been so anxious that she just cried for 15 minutes about something she would never cry about (I think she was letting out her pent-up emotions as on the outside she likes to show herself as brave)
What can I do to help her? I am at my wit's end.....For her sake, I don't know how she will get through another few weeks of it