My 4 year old son has recently started to become fearful at night of noises - clicking more than anything. When we listen hard, we can identify some of the normal household sounds, but not all the ones he can hear. he complains of distant music,that we can t hear, or if we can it is on the very edge of hearing. He suffers from an eternally running nose that we have recently been given a steroid based nasal spray for and he takes antihistamine, for the same reason. otherwise he is in good health - but becoming exhausted predominantly by the hard struggle we have in getting him to settle at night. He puts up an emotionally draining fight to avoid being alone with the clicking, and is becoming out of hand. do you have any suggestions or advise? Thank you
Hi Thanks for writing to Chat Doctor. I would like to ask few questions. Does this child sleep alone? In separate room. If yes, then this may not be correct. The child will have emotional stress being alone. I would suggest to please cosleep with child and spend time in story telling just before sleeping. To cut down on time spend on TV or any media like iPad mobile. Hope this helps.