Nightmares

Since Ethan had the reaction to medication last week, he has had a lot of trouble sleeping. He's been waking up after having a nightmare and not going back to sleep. He won't sleep in his bed anymore. We think that the experience he had with the hallucinations brought back his fear of the dark and it triggers bad dreams and in waking from those dreams, he's too scared to go back to sleep. Needless to say, we are all tired at our house. Tonight he agreed to sleep in the lower bunk of his bed (he usually sleeps on the top) if I went and bought a nite light that is brighter. So we are trying that now. I told him that all of his lack of sleep is making him too tired and grumpy and that if he doesn't sleep again tonight, I won't be taking him to school tomorrow for camp. He plays hard there which will make him even more tired. Hopefully the memory of his experience will soon fade!