my daughter will be 4 in january, she has had nightmares for a very long time, only now they have got worse. she is waking screaming every night in the early hours of the morning. this is having a knock on effect as she is tired and bad tempered through the day. these nightmares have got worse just over the past few weeks, so much so that in order to get any sleep i have put her in the spare room (to be my 6mth olds) and am sleeping in a single bed next to her bed every night so that shes not screaming the house down when she wakes. this is proving difficult as my baby is still in our room and so sleeping with my husband and my 23mth old is sleeping in a bed in the girls room. i am getting up to all 3 during the night almost every night and im shattered. i am at a loss, the docs told me theyd end when she gets to 12 but i cant face another 8yrs of this. she has never slept through the night and when she did start was when she started nursery, but now i cant remember the last time she went through. sometimes she remembers the dreams and others she doesnt. has any1 any suggestions? shes now become withdrawn at school, but still loves going. even the teachers have noticed it.