I wasn't sure if this was the appropriate place to put this. My Child is two years and four months old and she's going through massive separation anxiety.

She has always been an absolute terrible sleeper since birth no matter what I've done and now she is being investigated for epilepsy as she is having seizures during the day because she is so tired.

She is in a cot bed which has the side down now due to her falling out a few times this week.

This is made her separation anxiety even worse at night. During the day I cannot move from one room to the other without her having a breakdown.

I don't know what to do at night and would like some advice. Should I put the toddler bed guard up and put it to bed and every time she wakes up settle her back down and leave the room or should I be sleeping in with her or letting her sleep with me on a blowup bed.

I know she needs me at the moment to help get through whatever anxiety she has but I'm worried especially at night that if I let her sleep on the blowup bed with me she'll get used cosleeping which is something that I have actively avoided since birth.

I've done it where I settled her down laying down next to her but she starts checking if I'm there or not well she's falling asleep and if I'm not there she starts crying again.

She is on melatonin to try and help her sleep but even this isn't working.

I don't know what to do because it's heartbreaking seeing her so tired and it's affecting her during the day and her mood. Her behaviour and her eating has also been affected by her being so tired she has a nap for an hour during the day but she still needs.


I just don't know what to do for the best at night. I haven't had more than four hours sleep in a row since she's been born and I'm on my last knees to.

She has also decided to wake up at 3 o'clock in the morning for an hour and a half and the matter what I try and do I cannot get a back to sleep unless she gets into bed with me