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[quote=Anonymous]My 5 year old has also started saying this. For her, it's a bedtime stalling tactic, but I do help her trouble shoot. First I acknowledge that night time is a common time for feeling scared, and that her feelings are totally normal. Next, she didn't like the "crack" where her bed meets the wall. So we put a body pillow, with a nice fuzzy cover on it, against the wall. She also started putting about 15 stuffed animals in her bed. I let her sleep with whatever she wants, as long as it's soft. I think the other thing I'd try, for the middle of the night wake ups, is a bed on the floor in your room. Put out a fluffy comforter and a pillow and give her permission to come in and sleep there *IF* she does not wake up or get in your bed. I remember wanting to be close to my parents, and sleeping outside their closed bedroom door as a child. Eventually I started going to my sister's room. It wasn't every night, just sometimes.[/quote]
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