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Re: Advice

Posted by xila on May 16, 2002 at 18:49:51:

In Reply to: Re: Advice posted by yet another tired mom on May 15, 2002 at 21:39:04:

Thanks for your response. I feel that if a child is scared of something existing, real, you will know what it is soon enough. Examples are thunder, strong winds, darkness, etc.. Then you can work on it with him. But if the 'thing' is unreal, ex. 'monsters', then I don't see how you will ever find who they are and how they look like, because these monsters are just a metaphor that he uses to say that he doesn't want to stay alone in his bedroom. Different children will use different tactics to obtain the same thing: one will constantly go out of his bedroom at night (I have one of this kind not far from me..), another one will ask for water, toilet, another story, kiss, etc.. for hours, another one will make himself vomit.. The thing is : he wants to sleep with you, so this is what you have to work on.. You said that before all that happened, that he was used to go to your bedroom at night and finish his night there. So now he wants more..

As for anxiety.. Does he behave like an anxious child during the day? If yes, there might be a problem somewhere, that you have to find out. If not, it is just something related to his sleeping habits, and you will have to decide how firm you can be to solve it. I know how it is hard to do with a child of that age, because they have words and tactics that are particularly well thought, but what to do then?

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