Posted by allie on July 12, 2008 at 20:03:11:My 6 yr old has been waking up every night for 4 years now. First he would always come into mom/dad's bed and now he goes into older brothers bed (Brother doesn't wake up when he climbs in). We've noticed that he always whimpers a lot while asleep and tosses, turns and kicks a lot. He also always says he had nightmares. We have tried everything that I know to do. We've tried rewards - bribery - walking him back to his bed - kicking him out of our bed - nothing seems to be working. At what point do you go for medical help? We've played with his bed times... later and earlier. He now goes to bed at 7:30 pm and when I get him up in the mornings is grumpy and says tired at 7:00 am. He does seem to be thirsty a lot also if that has anything to do with it. Going to sleep sometimes he has a hard time falling asleep and other times is out before his head hits the pillow. He is a very active boy during the day and has quite an imagination. Because of that we talk every night about dreams not being real and if you wake up roll over - close your eyes and go back to sleep. Any suggestions for 2 parents who are exhausted!
- Re: 6 yr old always in someone's bed Sandman 09:35 7/30/08 (0)