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8 year old waking at 2am

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teaforall · 04/09/2023 16:33

DS8 is a light sleeper and shares with DS7. Our room is directly below them (reverse layout).

Several times a week he will come down at 2am to tell us:

I can't get to sleep.
I'm hot
I've had a bad dream

The odd time I am too exhausted to walk him upstairs so he gets in. DH will also doing take him upstairs and wait until he is settled. Whatever happens, l cannot get back to sleep myself and am often lying there until 4 or 5am when I drop back off.

I am knackered the next day and feel so flat and out of whack.

Tell him unless he's sick/really scared and try and go back to sleep himself?
He really struggles to get himself back off. He has a cuddle toy and a bedtime snack and drink.

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aSofaNearYou · 04/09/2023 16:42

Tell him unless he's sick/really scared and try and go back to sleep himself?

I'd do this. He's old enough to know it's not on to wake other people up for these reasons.

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