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<blockquote data-quote="Josie" data-source="post: 412054" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>I took a different approach with my daughter and assumed she did not want to act that way. I treated it as a medication and anxiety issue. Before she was on medications, I had her lay in her bed and I checked on her regularly so her anxiety didn't get out of control. I started with every minute or maybe two minutes. When she could see that I would be back quickly, she was able to stay in her bed and eventually relax. </p><p></p><p>I was able to move past the every minute check to every 5 min, 10 minutes, then longer. It really did not take long at all for me to be able to say I would be back to check on her, and it would be 20 minutes later, and she would be asleep. Seriously, a week or two was all it took. Then I didn't have to really check at all and she did not get anxious.</p><p></p><p>I didn't know it at the time, but this was just like exposure therapy.</p><p></p><p>If she is overly anxious, it will be tough to get to sleep. I don't see how letting her scream it out helps you or her. Just my opinion and what worked for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josie, post: 412054, member: 1792"] I took a different approach with my daughter and assumed she did not want to act that way. I treated it as a medication and anxiety issue. Before she was on medications, I had her lay in her bed and I checked on her regularly so her anxiety didn't get out of control. I started with every minute or maybe two minutes. When she could see that I would be back quickly, she was able to stay in her bed and eventually relax. I was able to move past the every minute check to every 5 min, 10 minutes, then longer. It really did not take long at all for me to be able to say I would be back to check on her, and it would be 20 minutes later, and she would be asleep. Seriously, a week or two was all it took. Then I didn't have to really check at all and she did not get anxious. I didn't know it at the time, but this was just like exposure therapy. If she is overly anxious, it will be tough to get to sleep. I don't see how letting her scream it out helps you or her. Just my opinion and what worked for me. [/QUOTE]
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