Can I get a post please? My daughter never sleeps!!! She’s 7, nearly 8 but bedt…

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Can I get a post please?

My daughter never sleeps!!! She’s 7, nearly 8 but bedtimes are always a battle. Getting her too bed isn’t an issue, it’s getting to sleep! We have a good solid routine that’s she’s had for years, bath (or wash down if it’s not a bath night), jammies, about 20 mins chill time, brush teeth then to bed for me to read a story. Then she gets about 10-15 minute reading time herself then lights out, but she’ll be up until midnight if not later.

I’ve tried everything, lights, no lights, various night lights and lamps. I’ve tried pushing bed time back and bringing it forward. I’ve tired playing various different music, letting her watch something in bed on my phone (with a nightmode blue light disabler on). I’ve tried different drinks but she won’t touch anything outside juice or water (she always has water once 7pm hits, bedtime is 😎. I’ve tried changing the routine a little and just everything myself and my family and children centre can think of.

She doesn’t have a sugary diet. She’s an active girl between karate, skateboarding and street dance. She’s like this no matter where she is, whether she’s home with me, at daddy’s or anywhere.

There’s been no big changes or even small ones recently and it’s been going on for a good 2/3 months now, possibly longer.

My partner has to be up at 5am for work so I’m sure you can imagine with her being up until midnight most nights, it leaves him very tired. I’m then up at 6am so I have time to get myself ready for work before she’s up to get ready for school (she wakes at 7am).

She has a worry monster if she ever can’t sleep due to worrying, plenty of cuddlys she loves, and when I ask her what the problem is, it’s just a case of “she can’t get to sleep”.

We’ve just reached the point we don’t know what else to do and all 3 of us are absolutely shattered in the mornings which in turn makes mornings a nightmare cos we’re all tired and on short fuses. Not only that me and my partner have no us time and haven’t had sex in 2 weeks, and we only got too, two weeks ago cos she was at a sleep over 😭

It might be worth mentioning I’ve suffered insomnia from a young age and it does run quite heavily in my family? We all have the same issue, we’re tired, but we just can’t get to sleep.

So basically what I’m asking is does anyone have any last ditch attempts before I bite the bullet and take her to the docs? I’d rather not have to medicate my daughter, if I have too then I shall but this is like a last ditch attempt before I go down that route.

Thanks
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