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7 year old doesn't sleep at night.

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lastofthelitter · 03/01/2024 09:48

Dd is 7 and goes to bed at 8pm, she is very good and stays upstairs but when we check on her between 11-12 on our way to bed she is always wide awake complaining she can't sleep.
She gets so frustrated when she can't fall asleep.

She has a routine bath and bed, reads a chapter before lights off, we've tried putting a film on to see if she'll nod off to that but she's still wide awake when it ends so that didn't work.
We've tried earlier bedtime/later bedtime but she's wide awake most of the night and just can't sleep.
I have no more ideas, she is always awake in the morning when I get up at 7 and I'm sure some nights she hasn't slept at all, yet never seems to be tired.
Any thoughts on how we get past this?

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lastofthelitter · 03/01/2024 09:51

There's no distractions keeping her awake, we are downstairs and tv is on but quiet and can't be heard, there's a downstairs toilet so no disturbances to her in any way.

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