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My little sister wakes up crying
My little sister is 4 about to be 5, she wakes up in the middle of the night crying her eyes out unable to tell me what is wrong. She will do everything I say except tell me what's wrong. (her parents are divorced and its joint custody(half sisters)) she only wakes up when she is at our house (dads) she never wakes up at anyone else's house. We get her Friday-Monday and I don't get to sleep on those days because she wakes me up multiple times at night. Sometimes she will scream "but I need it" or just kick her legs. I heard it could be night terrors but I'm not sure. She has been doing this for a few years. Why is she waking up? And what is causing it is what I wanna know!
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Little children usually have a closer bond to mom at that age than dad. Since there was a divorce when she was at baby or toddler stage, it could be she never had a chance to form any attachment to her real dad. So when she is away from mom and with her dad and you, she not only craves mom and misses her but doesn't feel like her dad is really her dad, he may feel like more of a stranger. I say this because you stated it only happens at your house. And the fact that it only happens at night mean that her conscious mind has found ways to deal with it so she's ok with everybody during the daytime. But at night when our subconscious mind is running the show, helping us dream, our subc. mind is also where all our feelings and emotions are stored, the good and the bad so since she seems upset at night, it's her subc. mind that is feeling fear and maybe confusion, anger...etc
I think the parents need to be made aware of what is going on because a child psychologist would be better prepared to figure out what her actual fears are and help her to get over them. If it is disrupting your sleep, it is a serious enough issue to be looked into. SHe will start school soon. Thats another big change in a kid's life. Who knows if untreated, her subc. fears will come out in school somehow, causing problems with learning or behaving.
Even if you knew exactly what is causing it, there is little you can do as her sister except to go comfort her or hug her and keep saying that everything is alright. But in meanwhile, mom and dad need to be made aware of this so they can help...when I say mom and dad, that includes all four adults because they all will be responsible in part to help with her healing once a Dr has told them what is needed.
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