And the child gets right back to sleep. So I can't stress enough that one of the parents should get out of the bed and bring the child back to his room. Even if that means getting up and down three or four more times or eventually even having to sleep on the floor of the child's room, that's better than letting the child sleep in your bed. Oh, I think that there's no doubt that you're going to find more of them right after summer vacation, right after Christmas vacation, right after Easter vacation. Anytime there's a break in the regular routine.
Illness does it also.
It makes you feel more vulnerable, more clingy. And also crisis in the family, separation, divorce, a death of a loved one. All of those things will throw off the normal child and make them feel more anxious and more fearful about other things if not the specific thing that just occurred. So for instance, if grandma passed away, instead of being worried about grandma, they might be very worried about mom and dad's health. Or they might be very worried about their teacher's health or some other health-related issue, which has clearly been stimulated by the sadness of grandma's passing.