Ivy, we have purged scary things in the past but nothing really works to fix it - it just gets worse when he reads scary stuff. Even if everything is fine he won't go to sleep (or even stay in his bed) if we aren't in the room or in the hallway. If in the hallway he calls out to make sure we are still there. Aquinas he definitely would sleep better if he is touching me (and that's what he does when we are co-sleeping) but cuddling to sleep ends up with him waking the minute I move to go out. Substitutes not acceptable. Also, if we do that, then he starts staying awake because he is afraid the moment he closes his eyes that we will leave.
