Help getting 5 year old to sleep

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My DD is 4 and loves some meditation tracks by Christiane Kerr ( on itunes) - they are floating in the sea, in space etc type things all about drifting off. I quite like them too.

[M D]

Thanks I'll look them up and give them a go. Unfortunately she is like me and finds it very hard to switch off a lot of the time.

[JLeigh29]

No personal experience, but teaching social skills at school we'd talk about things like a worry jar/box that you could put all your worries/thoughts in before bed time and they'd be safe til morning. Alternatively, she can tell a special teddy about her worries and teddy can look after them. Then top to toe meditation/imagination, where you imagine yourself in a special place and gradually relax each body part in turn (I'm sure you can Google for a much better explanation!)