DD is 6.5 and has slept in her own room from a few months old. She has never been a one for climbing in bed with mum and dad, apart from on the very odd occasion - bad dream/illness etc.
All of a sudden (coinciding pretty much with the start of school) she has started waking in the night, calling out for me and asking to come in bed with us. It is not every night but it is starting to become a habit. I don't mind so much as I like the cuddles, though dh is less enthusiastic.
It started with "sore throats" and "tummy aches" that mysteriously vanished in the morning, but now she just asks to come in bed, or cries. She seems unable to give me any explanation of what the problem is though.
She has been at the same school with the same friends for 4 years already (Belgian kindergarten). This year she started Primary and has a new teacher, and "proper work" has started, but she is happy to go to school and seems to be coping well with the work and the homework, going on the marks she receives. We praise her a lot for this.
She tells me that everything is fine at school, that she is not worried about anything, that she isn't having bad dreams. Every night I tell her that she can talk to me about anything at all and I won't think it is silly. But zilch. Then at 3am it is "please Mummy, one last time in your bed...."
I have no idea if this is age thing, a stage thing, or if it is linked to anxiety or other problems. I feel kind of powerless that I can't make her feel "better" IFYSWIM.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.