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Sleep difficulties
Oliver, age 4 · Submitted 4 Aug
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What you shared
- What is happening right now?
- Oliver wakes twice a night and comes into our bed.
- When does it usually happen?
- Between 1am and 3am.
- How often does it happen?
- Five or six nights a week.
- What usually happens immediately before it?
- Nothing obvious, he falls asleep easily at 7:30pm.
- How does your child respond?
- He is calm but insists he cannot sleep without me next to him.
- What have you already tried?
- Sitting by his bed, a nightlight, returning him quietly to his own bed.
- What worries you most about this situation?
- That we are creating a habit that will be harder to change later.
- Is there anything else that would help me understand your child?
- We moved him from a cot to a bed in June.