Posted by outofmymind on January 22, 2009 at 08:11:10:Suddenly, our 9 year old daughter thinks she cannot sleep. It has evoloved from her being afraid she will not fall asleep, to her coming up with a long list of things that were "bothering" her to now simply screaming like Linda Blair from the Exorcist that she needs one of us and she can't sleep. It has become a HUGE problem for the entire family, especially my 11 year-old son who has no sleep problems, except his sister in the next room. We have tried everything: Ferber method of brief and boring, ignoring, punishment, spanking, taking away all priviledges, laying with, her laying with us, Melatonin, warm milk, warm baths, massage, soft music, you name it. The only thing that will get her to sleep right away is us sleeping with her. Eventually she does give up, if we can stay at it long enough, and konk out, but this is after hours of screaming, yelling, threats and tears. Someone out there MUST have some good advise for this.