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Eight Year Old DD waking up every night crying



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amother
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Post Sun, Dec 04 2022, 2:15 am
I'm at my wits end! My 8 Year old started waking up every night crying. She says she thinks about scary stuff. Any ideas????


TIA
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amother
Snowdrop


 

Post Sun, Dec 04 2022, 2:18 am
Pinworms?
Strep?
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amother
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Post Sun, Dec 04 2022, 2:19 am
amother Snowdrop wrote:
Pinworms?
Strep?


No, We have been to the dr several times. It's nothing physical....
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amother
Molasses


 

Post Sun, Dec 04 2022, 2:24 am
Does she watch movies/ tv? That’s generally what nightmares come from at that age.
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amother
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Post Sun, Dec 04 2022, 2:29 am
amother Molasses wrote:
Does she watch movies/ tv? That’s generally what nightmares come from at that age.


Nope no movies only Toveedo from time to time
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amother
Snapdragon


 

Post Sun, Dec 04 2022, 6:15 am
She says she thinks about scary stuff - is she waking up crying or is she not able to fall asleep? For me, magnesium chelate helps my brain relax. Maybe talk to her doctor about safe things she can take that promote good sleep.
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amother
Hunter


 

Post Sun, Dec 04 2022, 9:03 am
pinworms. Check for that asap.
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amother
Lemonchiffon


 

Post Sun, Dec 04 2022, 9:05 am
Treat for strep and pinworms even if it’s not showing up on testing.
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amother
Bluebell


 

Post Sun, Dec 04 2022, 1:23 pm
I had the same with my daughter. She was not sleeping. We spoke before bedtime about how much we love her. And ways to soothe herself.
Put a shema under her pillow. Wrote her a note to read an hold when she wants to. Reading a light book until falls back asleep, getting a drink, thinking of a good memory or upcoming event like Chanukah party.

It was hard. It passed. Mostly ok now. (A year or so later)
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Chickensoupprof




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Dec 04 2022, 2:04 pm
amother Bluebell wrote:
I had the same with my daughter. She was not sleeping. We spoke before bedtime about how much we love her. And ways to soothe herself.
Put a shema under her pillow. Wrote her a note to read an hold when she wants to. Reading a light book until falls back asleep, getting a drink, thinking of a good memory or upcoming event like Chanukah party.

It was hard. It passed. Mostly ok now. (A year or so later)


This I had also a time like this and my mum did the secular version of this with incense species and stuff.
also tell her it is ok to talk about anxieties and to validate it.
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amother
Hibiscus


 

Post Sun, Dec 04 2022, 2:30 pm
So have her talk to you about what’s scaring her.
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malksters




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Dec 05 2022, 11:00 am
This book really helped my son when he had a similar problem:
What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems With Sleep (What to Do Guides for Kids)
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amother
Chambray


 

Post Mon, Dec 05 2022, 11:41 am
Is she being bullied at school?
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amother
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Post Mon, Dec 05 2022, 11:03 pm
malksters wrote:
This book really helped my son when he had a similar problem:
What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems With Sleep (What to Do Guides for Kids)


Thank you so much I will try it!
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Roots




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Dec 06 2022, 2:56 am
Teach her about how saying shma and hamalach hagoel brings good malachim to watch over her
did she hear or learn in school about wars(world war 2 or missles in israel etc- that can be very scary)
tell her she can keep a tehillim under her pillow
also I had a baby that cried unexpetedly at night and my father said to put a blade (knife) under the mattress (even a plastic knife)
I tell my kids that abba learns Torah and that protects us
and the mezuzas on our doors and the sfarim a home bring a special shmira to the house

hatzlacha
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amother
Periwinkle


 

Post Tue, Dec 06 2022, 7:51 am
amother Bluebell wrote:
I had the same with my daughter. She was not sleeping. We spoke before bedtime about how much we love her. And ways to soothe herself.
Put a shema under her pillow. Wrote her a note to read an hold when she wants to. Reading a light book until falls back asleep, getting a drink, thinking of a good memory or upcoming event like Chanukah party.

It was hard. It passed. Mostly ok now. (A year or so later)

This is so beautiful. I went through a trauma around that age and used to wake up with panic attacks (didn't really make the connection though) and my mother used to yell at me for waking her up
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amother
Currant


 

Post Wed, Dec 07 2022, 8:48 pm
I also find telling them to go to the bathroom when that happens. Sometimes they just need to use the bathroom. Happens to me even as an adult.
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amother
Obsidian


 

Post Thu, Dec 08 2022, 10:26 am
Is there a pattern when she wakes up?
How many times a night?
It might be night terrors (which is different than nightmares)
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