*Emsie*
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Anyone or their children suffer with this at bedtime and have any tips or advice?
My son is 11 and every now and again goes through a stage where he really struggles. Its usually if he's seen something thats scared hiim which we try and avoid but sometimes happens. Last night it was because he had seen a video clip for a film that his older brother was watching which wasn't that scary but it had the sort of thing that scares him in. Its stuff with faces that usually trigger it. He watched loads of Dr.Who episodes but it was the weeping angels that really scared him and when we went to a museum he couldn't look at the statues and stuff as he knew it would cause him to be scared.
He likes to have a light on when going to bed but this can cause problems because he shares a room with his brother and if landing lights on it shines through ours and daughters bedrooms and disturbs us but not as much as him crying etc!
He's now getting cross with himself on top of the fear as he doesn't want to be like it.
I try and reassure him and tell him many adults won't sleep without a light on etc but hubby gets frustrated and thinks I pander to him!
Just having a vent I suppose but if anybody did have any tips or advice it would be very welcome!
My son is 11 and every now and again goes through a stage where he really struggles. Its usually if he's seen something thats scared hiim which we try and avoid but sometimes happens. Last night it was because he had seen a video clip for a film that his older brother was watching which wasn't that scary but it had the sort of thing that scares him in. Its stuff with faces that usually trigger it. He watched loads of Dr.Who episodes but it was the weeping angels that really scared him and when we went to a museum he couldn't look at the statues and stuff as he knew it would cause him to be scared.
He likes to have a light on when going to bed but this can cause problems because he shares a room with his brother and if landing lights on it shines through ours and daughters bedrooms and disturbs us but not as much as him crying etc!
He's now getting cross with himself on top of the fear as he doesn't want to be like it.
I try and reassure him and tell him many adults won't sleep without a light on etc but hubby gets frustrated and thinks I pander to him!
Just having a vent I suppose but if anybody did have any tips or advice it would be very welcome!