Sleeping at Night - Jaffrey,NH

At this age, a child... developmentally, DOES begin to have general night time 'fears.' To just anything. And they also develop, night mares.
All of this, does tweak them and honestly scares them.
It is also a reflection, of their changing 'imaginations.'
And we cannot turn "off", their imaginations or developmental occurrences.
Their cognition, is also simply changing.

A child, even from 2 years old, starts to have these things occur.
It is developmental, based.
Not just your child.
It is child development.

If she is scared, she is scared.
A child's mind, is not literal like an adults. They cannot reason away their fears, at-will. Like we can.

My kids are 4 and 8.
My son gets scared at night too sometimes. Or has night mares sometimes. He wakes me. I comfort him. I let him explain his night mares and fears. I comfort him. Or he sleeps with me.
It is developmental.
We also have a floor futon in our room... for times like this or when our kids are sick, and they can sleep there. Near us, in our room, but on the floor futon.
It works for us.
No biggie.
They get sleep that way.

My daughter is 8. But even when she was 7 years old, she (as well as ALL her friends this same age), had night time fears too. Normal developmental stuff.

My Husband, would go outside at night with the kids, with a flashlight, and 'explore' the yard and explain about the wind/the sounds at night/the shadows/the rain etc.

And YES, kids this age or OLDER, DO have, 'loveys' to sleep with. I did too, as a child that age and older.
Normal.

She is NORMAL.
Normal
normal
normal

It is a developmental phase.

It sounds very normal... but I never had this with my daughter. I co-slept with her since birth and she's almost 6 y/o now and transitioning into her big loft bed. Baby #2 is coming soon and we only have room for 3 bodies. Co-sleeping has been a lifesaver and sleep saver for all of us.

yes, my kids are 3 years apart and both of them when thru this around the same age. I allowed them to come in (usually it was early morning around 2am) and sleep on the FLOOR on my side of the bed. I did NOT make it comfy for them. They slept on the carpet with whatever they brought with them, blanket, pillow, animal, whatever. they did this for awhile, my daughter longer than my son, and then they just never came in again! And now they are 11 and 8 and are great sleepers. They both go in their rooms at 8 every night and stay in there and basically put themselves to bed. They have done this for a long time and I was a lucky mom that both of them slept 12 hours straight thru the night the first week we brought them home! So try that and see if that works, its a good compromise. Just tell her she can come in and sleep on the floor and that way it isn't distrupting your sleep and it makes her feel better until she gets past this. Good luck.

A phase of course. But who knows how long it may last. It varies with every child. Knock on wood, my boys are pretty sound sleepers unless one is sick or has growing pains. They are 2 and 4. But I have had co-workers who's kids were up a lot in their parent's room at night and scared. One woman had a sleeping bag in her room. If her son was scared, he was not to climb in bed with her, but he could unroll the sleeping bag at the foot of her bed and sleep. He did that for a few years at least 4 times a week. My other co-worker decided to use a eucalyptus-mint spray while putting her daughter to bed to "protect" her from everything that may scare her. It was like a magic shield if you will. It helped her sleep soundly and feel safe. And the soothing smell helped relax her as well.

Good luck to you!

Sounds like a phase. Hang in there. :)