When You Are the One Not Sleeping

Where to start

• Take three sleepless nights seriously: three nights becomes three weeks more often than parents expect.
• Book a GP appointment, and don’t play down what’s happening.
• Book a GP appointment and say plainly what’s happening, without playing it down: “I’m not sleeping.
• If it has turned into low mood that does not lift, your GP is where clinical help starts.

The rest of the tip, with more to try and why it works, is in the library.

It goes with

• The Hour Before Bed. For parents whose child’s bedtime has turned into an hour of worries, questions and meltdowns.
• When You Are Not All Right. For parents whose own mental health is part of what’s going on at home.

The first chapter you open here is free to read in full.

Free on this subject

• Parent wellbeing. What to do first, what helps, and who else can help. Free to read and to print.
• Sleep. What to do first, what helps, and who else can help. Free to read and to print.