7 year old not sleeping

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For the past few months my 7 year old daughter has basically stopped sleeping. She will go to bed as usual around 7.30/8 but lie there for hours unable to sleep. When she does sleep she wakes up frequently and she's becoming exhausted. We've tried cutting out screens in the evening, using audible to play a book, using lavender cream and spray, letting her read for a short time plus other stuff but nothing seems to work. Husband wants to take her to the Dr but unsure what they'd do? Any ideas?

Is she scared? Would she sleep better with you?

As above, is she worried about something? (Bullying? Something going on at school or an after school club?).
Is she getting enough exercise in the day?
What about if you push back her bedtime by 30 minutes, does it make a difference?
Once you've explored the above- within the next few days- it's probs worth it to see a dr seeing as it's already been going on for a while.

She says she's not worried about anything, just that her 'eyes are not tired'. She does loads of exercise so don't think it's that. She does eventually sleep if one of us lies with her and my husband often takes her into the spare room and sleeps with her when she keeps getting up in the night just so they both get some sleep but not sure if that's making her reliant on having someone with her?

If she has a later night for whatever reason she still struggles so don't think a later bedtime will work but worth trying it for a few days

My Dd slept in our room until 13. It was the only way we all got any sleep.

I would take her to the GP if she's getting less than 9 hours sleep a night. You've given it long enough to resolve itself.

Sleep deprivation isn't good for our health so it might start having other impacts.

There's some useful info as a starting point here about sleep:

https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/conditions-and-treatments/procedures-and-treatments/sleep-hygiene-children/

One thing I would say is that my daughter (6 years old) needs a good amount of physical exercise during the day otherwise she really struggles to sleep. If she isn't doing a sport after school I make sure we have a brisk walk/scoot/bike ride for 40-60 minutes in the afternoon after school.

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