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Waking through the night- 10 years old

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YawningCat · 19/09/2023 22:07

Help.
helpful advice please.
my daughter still wakes through the night. She is ten years old. I have barely had a solid nights sleep since she was born.
she was never a fussy baby, but would wake for feeds.
her father and I separated when she was a baby and from about age 4-8 we had shared care, 70%nights to me.
as a toddler through till about 8 years old she would wake with nightmares.
at 8 she stopped staying overnight at her dads (various reasons).
in the last couple of years the nightmares have settled to barely ever - but still, every night she wakes up to go to the bathroom and is too scared to go by herself so shouts for me to get up to take her.
I am shattered. I work full time and have her 100% of the time.
i leave the landing light on at night, make sure she weed before bed and don’t provide water for an hour before bedtime, but still the waking up to use the bathroom.
im reluctant to just ignore her till she goes by herself as it’s been a long road of recovery from the nightmares and I don’t want her to go backwards…..
please no judgement I just want helpful advice.

OP posts:
2boyzNosleep · 07/10/2023 22:14

Hi, sounds exhausting. Have you contacted your school nurse? They may he able to give you advice or refer you to a professional service that can help.

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 08/10/2023 09:46

@YawningCat I would definitely speak to the school nurse service or a GP. At 10 she shouldn't need to wee in the night but do you think she's awake and that's just an excuse to see you?

Does she ever sleep in your bed and does she sleep all night if she does?

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