Can I ask for tips to get my little one to fall asleep please? She's 6. She has a good bedtime routine, screens off a couple hours before goes to bed. Bath, book, the usual. Quiet time in her bedroom with her teddies, colouring etc before "lights out". And still it'll be 10pm before she falls asleep with a lot of back and forth, questions, thought, musings. It just seems her brain does not switch off until she crashes. She's an anxious child and all that laying in bed for an hour just causes her to think sad thoughts and worry more. She gets up for school fine, at weekends is up by 8am by herself so gets 10hrs or so. No problems in school, with learning or behaviour.
She wakes up few nights a week for no reason (she's newly dry at night so maybe her body wakes up for a wee? I take her to the toilet before she goes back to bed).
She was never a brilliant sleeper. Didn't start sleeping through till she was past 3yo.
Any tips how we can help her fall asleep quicker that doesn't involve one of us staying in her bedroom with her and keeping telling her to keep her eyes closed? We've tried white noise, rain sounds, reading to her in the darkness in a quiet voice. What are we missing?? Don't need to add that we don't get wind down time ourselves in the evening which is taking toll on everyone. Thank you!