My 5 Year Old Coming Back to My Bed

[1xmom]

My dd who is 5 started sleeping in her own room at the beginning of the summer. It worked out really well b/c she had started summer camp and was so wiped out, after her bedtime story she was out. Now, the summer is coming to a close and this is the last week of camp for the past two nights she hasn't been able to sleep. The first night she came over w/me it was like she couldn't wind down and she eventually fell asleep. The next night, I was downstairs on the phone and she called me to tell me she couldn't sleep. I told her to just go to my room and I'd be up after I got off the phone. Well she probably wasn't up there more than 10 minutes and she was out. I don't know if knowing that this is her last week of summer camp and she will be going to kindergarten at the end of next week has her anxious or what. She knows she is always welcome to come get in my bed, and most mornings she is there anyways. I do like having my bed to myself, but OTOH, if dd can't sleep or is not feeling well, I generally let her in my bed. Should I just chalk this up to the changes she will be experiencing in the next two weeks, and encourage her to continue to try to sleep in her bed, or what. Any suggestions?

[TiredX2]

For me, I would let her stay in my bed. If you want, perhaps move her after she is asleep (if that is okay with her) so you have more room until the am.

DD has been in and out of our bed for part nights/hours/days at a time/whatever for the past several years. Right now, at 6.5, she is in our bed most of the time. It seems to be a pendulum and I know that one day the swing will stop and she will be on her own the rest of her life, so we are in now hurry.

[Ruthla]

If your bed is too squishy with her in it, maybe set up a bed (or a pile of blankets on the floor) in your room, so she can be close to you, but not actually in your bed?