Thanks all, very much. She has been having a rough few weeks sleeping, summer has brought many upsets to our routine, which I don't think helps, and I myself have been extraordinarily busy and having a painful time in my therapeutic work and some tough current events.

I ordered a Cloud B light-up ladybug to her routine at my therapist's suggestion, we got it Thursday, to snuggle with in bed, and decided to add a nightime walk to our bedtime routine to hopefully help excise some of her energy and anxiety, so we can have a nice chat and some extra quality time also.

All I can say is it is very hard, but... last night was our first walk, and it took some effort and struggle on my part, but she was asleep 45 minutes after I put her to bed, which was better than the last week. I am praying some of this works.

The trouble is it really really aggravates my panic/anxiety response, I get SO upset and I never know if things will get better or worse, because she's always had sleep issues. They were getting better earlier this year, before summer, but not it's hard to see progress.