Mommy's little insomniac

M has been having trouble sleeping again the past few nights, which concerns me with school starting up again tomorrow. Last nite she couldn't sleep, then her stomach hurt, then she had a bad dream... I am trying to be sympathetic, but it's so hard when I go into her room and she's been playing and coloring and doing all the things that she isn't supposed to do besides go to sleep. That said, I've also sufferred from insomnia in the past and know what she's going through - I just didn't have anyone to report it to! We have removed chocolate from her diet (at least after 3ish) as there seems to be a direct correlation between chocolate and her sleep issues. We tried this once before with some success, but for various reasons the chocolate ban was lifted. This time, NO MERCY!!!!! So - last nite after she finally goes to sleep, she wakes up with a bad dream and joins us in bed somewhere in the middle of the nite. She slept just fine once she was in my bed with me, but we can't have that every nite! Mom bought her a fancy schmancy new mattress for Christmas thinking that was the issue, we've tried melatonin at nite (we got out of that habit when she was taking sleepy time cough medicine), sleepy time tea, bumping her bedtime a little later, not letting her have ANYTHING in bed with her... I'm just at my wit's end with this situation. Perhaps when she gets back to school and back to her routine things will be better... ::fingers crossed::