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Can't get my son to sleep

Clemmie

hi all.  My son isn't diagnosed, we are half way through the process but he really dips into anxiety when there's change happenning and it's worst at bedtime.  So right now, with school about to start again (he's 9) he just cannot get to sleep, it took 2 hours tonight. I have to sit with him every night until he's asleep.  And then he's wakeful in the night and often gets in bed with me.  he wakes early in the morning too, sometimes dashing off to start at one of his 'hobbies' - TV, list writing, cutting paper - at a really early hour.

I try so hard to have a routine, he has a lavender bath, he's got a lava lamp to watch to calm him.....

but he can't cope on a 10pm bedtime, he then has a really bad time at school, although they are very understanding, and his behaviour at home becomes more erratic and difficult to manage.

Anyone got any answers?  Do I just keep him up?  Let him sleep in my bed? is it time to go to the GP? 

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  • Thank you for all that info. No easy solution then (haha!! Wasn't really expecting one don't worry).

    Thanks to your help ive tweeked bedtime so there is no reading in bed at all and we listen to a boring but just interesting enough sleep meditation which does seem to be working at the moment most nights.

     He's got an observation at school and a final assessment this month so hopefully a little more insight into what's going on and then I can seek more help if necessary - I am very sure I will be here with many more questions! 

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  • Thank you for all that info. No easy solution then (haha!! Wasn't really expecting one don't worry).

    Thanks to your help ive tweeked bedtime so there is no reading in bed at all and we listen to a boring but just interesting enough sleep meditation which does seem to be working at the moment most nights.

     He's got an observation at school and a final assessment this month so hopefully a little more insight into what's going on and then I can seek more help if necessary - I am very sure I will be here with many more questions! 

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