5 year old sleeping

[Scallywag81]

Hi

I'm at breaking point with my 5 year old girl. She is up at least twice every night and in our bed. She goes back in her own bed for up to an hour and then it starts again. We've tried rewards, Glo clock, consequences etc but nothing works. Any advice please?!

[Kayles101]

Is she in any sort of routine, like bath, a drink and bed? X

[Scallywag81 in reply to Kayles101]

Thank you, she has always had a really good routine, no screen time after tea, bath, stories quietly in her room and then bed.

[RachelModerator Moderator]

Hello Scallywag81 , that's tough, you must all be feeling exhausted. Has this been a long term issue, or more recent?

I'm wondering about any changes that's been happening for her, eg, starting school, new class etc.

Is it worries that are waking her up etc? Some people find Worry monsters helpful. (A toy with a zip mouth that you can write your worries and the monster chews them up...) We also have some sleep information on our website (Just One Norfolk) and our online Solihull course covers sleep.

Is she having much screen time late afternoon/evening time?

If you would like to chat it through in a bit more detail, please give us a call on 0300 300 0123

Kind Regards,

Rachel AP

[Scallywag81 in reply to RachelModerator]

Thank you for your thoughts. She has always been a pretty poor sleeper, is certainly not a new issue but feels like now that she's at school etc she needs a good night's sleep more than ever and isn't getting it! We have a really regular routine, no screen time after tea, bath, stories and then bed. She is doing better at going to sleep but we haven't cracked the waking up!

I will have a look at the Solihull, although have done the course previously for work.

[RachelModerator Moderator in reply to Scallywag81]

It sounds like you are doing pretty much everything you can, which seems all the more frustrating.

At least you can feel reassured that you are offering her a really good routine and all the best opportunities to sleep.

Have you noticed is she tends to wake more often on a school day/weekend night?

If you get chance, could you make a sleep diary and then give us a call and we can try and explore it a bit further.

Kind Regards,

Rachel AP

[MrsHello Community Ambassador]

Hiya, how are things going? It sounds like you are trying so many things already. My children are up and down a lot at night. The thing that has the biggest impact for us are very sensory things - if they are too cold/hot in bed, if they didn’t eat enough the day before or got over tired the day before. Our neighbours going to work early in the morning can wake them up, or if the room is too light. We did a lot of trial and error with their rooms and that did help although didn’t fully resolve the problem. I know when it’s bad, the next day it’s hard to function without coffee!! Hopefully you will get some improvements soon 🤞🏻.

[phillip76]

I sing to my little boy he goes of to sleep and then wake up for feed some times he wakes up for a feed my wife has to wake him up for a feed x