Well DD1 is causing us dramas at bedtime. She was terrible with sleeping as a baby and toddler, greatly improved once she weaned, but did take her time going to sleep. Often I would have to read her many books for her to go to sleep and she needs music on.

These days she and DD2 go to bed at the same time. A few books from DH and I, put on the music and let them both have some reading time before lights out. DD2 often wants to go to sleep straight away, so there is the battle for the music that helps her sleep, but once she is asleep, DD1 can have whatever music she wants and can read for a short while.

Well this is when the drama starts. She is up and down so many times. She has a cough, her heads hurts, her legs hurts, she is itchy. She can't sleep. She sprained her ankle (how she does that in bed??) She wants different music (she can change it herself, so no need to come and ask). She went to the toilet and had to come out and tell us that she did not flush so as not to wake DD2 (we always tell her thankyou, but there is no need to come and tell us each time). Any way it goes on.

It is taking her ages to go to sleep. I understand to an extent, as I do struggle, but it is like she is keeping herself up. Once she is asleep is asleep all night, but now she is struggling to get up of a morning. She is tired, she does not eat a proper breakfast, it then flows on throughout the day.

If we get angry, she gets upset, then the coughing starts and then she is almost sick, complains of headaches etc. We did have major issues with her and tummy aches, which seemed to have been related to anxiety, these are thankfully gone now .

Any ideas what to do? Has her anxiety moved from her tummy to her sleep? We are over it and with it still so early in the year, she can't go on without a decent length of sleep at night (she is often still awake at 9:30)