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Not sleeping/ advice?
Hey so my little girl is nearly 5&1/2 years old. She has never slept properly. I’ll put her to bed& it’s meltdowns unless she goes in my bed& I sit with her until she’s asleep. Then I move her into her bed& she wakes up within half an hour& won’t go back to sleep. She’s ready to get up for the day at stupid o’clock having no sleep. Her behaviour is getting so bad she’s lashing out at me & having constant meltdowns. I’ve been to the doctors and spoken to the health visitor and it’s like they don’t even care to try and help me. She’s showing plenty of signs of ADHD and I’m struggling with trying to calm her down when she’s having a meltdown. I’ve got a 2 year old & he sleeps throughout the night no problems. I’m also nearly 30 weeks pregnant& having to sleep on the sofa with her because I can’t see any other way as my partner is in bed (not her dad), I just don’t know where to turn to now. Has anyone been in a similar situation& can shed some light please?
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I'll just tell you what I do with my 5 and half year old. I think create a routine, so she knows what to expect every single night. I put him in bed at the exact time every night. I read him a story and I stay next to him until he falls asleep. Then I have a clock in his room with colours. I tell him he can get up at 7 o clock not early at 3am or 5am. I also do a sticker reward chart. Think about as adults, we do our jobs properly we get a bonus. If kids are good we can reward them. I have the sticker chart where he gets a sticker for helping clean up etc and at the end of the sticker chart he can have a small toy. If he acts up I do tell him I will remove the sticker. This seems to be working for me.
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Does she have enlarged tonsils? If they haven't already get the gp to check/ refer her to ENT. It's common for children with throat problems to wake in the night and I'm sure i read there's a link between adhd traits and enlarged tonsils/adenoids because they're not able to concentrate properly in the day with the lack of sleep. My friends daughter had hers removed and still has issues and now sleeps with a cpap mask at night and she's improved loads. She's also 5 &1/2 and never slept properly until this got sorted this year and she's like a different kid x