Can anyone help calm me down please?

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My dd is away with a friend and her family - she is 10

I went to bed early with vile stomach ache at 8:30, but of course put phone by bed. I woke up 20 minutes ago - after vile dream - to find two texts from her - one at 22:51 asking me to ring her because she felt homesick and one 10 mind later simply saying please ring me. I can not believe I did not wake up. I have sent a text that she will read in morning but am do upset - no idea how I will get to sleep now.

My poor girl.

She will be fine. Get some sleep and see her in the morning

I'm sure all will be well slovenly. She probably was a little bit homesick, but she's asleep now.
Sending the text back was a good idea. She will probably check her phone in the night and be reassured.
It's all good.

Thanks. I really was in two minds about letting her go then decided I was being daft. Aargh!

I think that had there been a true problem the parents would have made a huge effort to get hold of you. As they didn't, I suspect it's just a bit of pre-sleep jitters.

Hope you feel better soon.

Thanks - am going to go back to bed and try and sleep.

No it's no good. Nearly asleep then became consumed with image of her lying in the dark, clutching her phone willing it to ring, crying.

It was MY idea to buy her the bloody phone BECAUSE she was going away.

If that were true she'd have got your text and called you. Can imagine you're really upset (damned parental guilt) but sure she's tucked up fast asleep and fine.

Hope you get some rest

If she was really that desperate would she not have called you? Can she make calls out?

Try not to beat yourself up, she's most likely aound asleep.

If she was awake now I think she would have texted you back, chances are she is fast asleep. You could ring her at 7am maybe? It's hard not to worry though, hope you get some sleep soon!

I am sure she will be fine. If she had been really sad, she would have called you. Going to bed will have reminded her of home, but the homesickness will hopefully have faded when she fell asleep. Hopefully you will sleep fine and speak to her first thing in the morning.

She'll be fine, if she was terribly upset she would have called you. Even if she was a fair bit upset she'd still be up and replying.

Just a little wobble that's all.

Amelia, was that an autocorrect error??

damn you auto correct!

Not autocorrect error, malfunctioning human error and mumsnet seem slow to delete. Some of this sad sack's attempts to shock have stood for over two hours.

Trip trap's posts & threads have been reported, just awaiting deletion.

Poor mnhq, they'll be run off their feet!

amelia33 you seem to have a habit of having your posts deleted dont you!? I can only imagine that what your saying isnt kind.

You know what they say, if you cant say nothing nice then dont say anything at all.

Cub leader here. When we take them away camping for the weekend, mobiles are banned for precisely the reason that it tends to make them more homesick rather than less. :) If we still get a 'wobbler' we call home for them. Once they've said goodnight to mum and dad, they're usually fine. Don't worry.

Phew.
I hated seeing your thread up last night, Slovenly.
It appeared right in the middle of when that troll Amelia33 was rampaging and I was scared hd/she was going to say something awful.
I hope what it did say was not too bad. I didn't see it.

Hope your DD was ok. As Cognito says, sometimes Mobile phones are a curse.

I only saw one post and it had no effect on me. Thank you all for your kindness- it is much appreciated. I spoke to her this morning and she was a little subdued but looking forward to going swimming !!

Yes I am wondering about my decision to get her the phone- she had been asking for one for ages and this seemed like a good time. They are banned on the school residential - for a good reason it seems.