Reddit mentions: The best children stories

This sounds like a good question for her therapist, but I'll weigh in with some ideas I posted in another thread recently:

> If she's experiencing separation anxiety (i.e. repeatedly coming out of her room), talk about what might help her feel more comfortable staying in her bed. You could think about getting a special nightlight that she helps pick out, a dreamcatcher, glow-in-the-dark stars for her ceiling, etc. You might invent a special "secret handshake" for bedtime, a "magic spell" of your protection around her bed, give her favorite stuffed animal "magic powers", etc - get creative! :) Teach her how to take deep belly breaths or tighten muscle groups one at a time (toes, then legs, then stomach, etc up to her face) to help her relax. This site has some great ideas for kids relaxation exercises, and there are several books such as Starbright and Imaginations which have relaxation stories you can read aloud (and this book features familiar fairytales retold as relaxation stories). There are also recordings of such stories you can download for her to listen to as she falls asleep, like Still Quiet Place, Indigo Dreams, and Bedtime Meditations for Kids. Listening to calming music can be good too.
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>The nice thing about introducing self-soothing tools like these is that instead of "lay quietly in your bed" you can tell her to "lay quietly and listen to the music" or "lay quietly and watch the glow-in-the-dark stars on your ceiling" -- something positive for her to focus on instead of worries. You can also talk about what fun things she'd like to do in her dreams, and help her imagine those happy thoughts; even agree to "meet up" and play together in your dreams so she won't feel like she's going to be alone all night. Again, this gives her something to focus on instead of thinking about trying to fall asleep.
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>I should also add that if she's gotten used to having a parent with her to fall asleep, you may have to wean her from that support gradually. Maybe sit by her bed reading until she falls asleep; the next night, move your chair a bit further away. You can give her brief verbal reassurance that you're there, but remind her that it's time to lay quietly and listen to her music/watch her stars/think about playing in a treehouse in her dreams/whatever. Over time, you can move your chair further and further away until you're in the hallway, and then if necessary, offer to come check on her periodically until she falls asleep. Transitional objects can be helpful during this process as well; you might also check out a book like The Kissing Hand or The Invisible String for more ideas to help her feel your presence even when you're not physically in her room.

All of this applies equally to going back to sleep in the middle of the night (just takes more patience, I know!). Definitely better to take a gradual approach than letting her cry it out though, especially given her past. You might also try to figure out if there's anything she is anxious about specifically; depending on her history, she may be afraid of actual harm coming to her at night. If so, find ways to reassure her that she's safe (have her help lock the doors, if you have a pet tell her they will be guarding her, etc) and know that over time, as she feels more secure in your home, those fears will lessen. The more coping tools you can give her in the meantime, the better.

MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood - Simply stunning. I loved the previous two books in the trilogy, and this third installment is really delivering. Great stuff.

The first of the Mrs Pargeter Mysteries A Nice Class Of Corpse - it's ok, and fulfils my need for a good cosy mystery every now and again.

Listening again to the His Dark Materials dramatisation by the BBC. Really good production, and a totally original storyline.

Have you tried those 5?

They aren't working for me either. (I had everything from Amazon.de itself, the labo one defaults to a third party seller)

Also they are missing the little badge that they are part of a promotion like "Aktuelle Angebote: 5 für 3 1 Werbeaktion "

If you check the first product in the promotion list it has the badge I'm talking about

https://smile.amazon.de/193-Schrecken-aus-Tiefe-Drei/dp/B07B14J26K/ref=sr_1_1?srs=13826746031&ie=UTF8&qid=1527693025&sr=8-1

Sounds like you need this.

Pete Seeger has a bunch of children's music. I grew up with this in the early 90s.

We did some guided meditations from these books -

Starbright

and eventually ended up with this CD (and a couple of other similar ones on his mp3 player)

Indigo Dreams


My son's biggest problem with sleep is quieting his mind down, and at 13 we're still struggling with it.