19/12/2025
Good Morning.
Did you sleep well last night?
How did your children sleep?
It's not just adults that struggle to sleep ......
It is thought that as many as 8 in 10 children experience some type of bedtime anxiety.
These anxieties often surface at night when the day is over and there is nothing to distract the child from their thoughts.
It can include over thinking, worrying, fear of the dark and worries about going to school.
It will help to create a cosy sleep environment for them - explore with them how they can create a cosy environment by tidying their bedroom, having a special pillow or blanket or a lamp that illuminates a softer glow etc.
Calm the worries -
Bedtime can often be a time when children share their worries or anxieties of the day.
You can help them work through these worries by getting them to journal, draw or write out what is on their mind.
Another really good idea is to offer to hold on to the worries for your child, by telling them that you'll look after them so that they don't have to do so.
Hand on heart breathing -
When we get anxious or upset, our breathing starts to quicken - intensifying those anxious feelings and sensations.
Teach them how to breath into their stomach (or diaphragm) - taking slow, deep breaths in through their nose, and slowly exhaling out through their mouth, as if they're blowing out through a straw.
Breathing like this is beneficial for adults as well.
Sweet dreams 😴❤️
