Bedtime

Not the same because my son is autistic but I came to say you’re not alone with the night wake ups. Sometimes he sleeps through and others he’s awake for up to 4 hours before going back to sleep. It’s exhausting, I get you!

Sorry I’ve got no advice but just came to say that my 4 yo daughter is exactly the same. I either end up sleeping on her bedroom floor or she sleeps in my bed. You’re definitely not alone and I reckon it is much more common than you think x

Hi! My daughter is exactly the same but there are a few nights now where she’ll sleep through, she’s nearly 4.5. Just to give you a bit of hope! X

@Jenny @Chloe thank you, I was worried I might’ve been doing something wrong😅 I feel so guilty trying to stand my ground and not give in but my god I really appreciate the space some nights, I’m just so exhausted and it’s so overwhelming but it’s nice to know I’m not alone in this🫶🏼

My 4 year old is the same. My 2 year old sleeps through but 4 year old runs through to us around 2/3am every night. We just let me sleep in with us, it will eventually stop. (He is under the ENT for sleep apnea so that contributes but has friends in nursery that do the same and don’t have sleep apnea)

My son is 4 (+8 months) and can't sleep without me, he still wakes up in the night and he wakes up if I go out the room 🙃

Oh honey don’t you worry it’s so common, they are still little and just miss us, my little girl does the same, I let her come in the bed, my view is that if they need us they can have us, she will cuddle until she falls asleep and then I transfer her back to her bed, if she wakes up when I move her I just sit beside her bed stroking her head until she drifts off again. As they get older it will happen less and less so just enjoy the extra cuddles for now ☺️❤️

Similar situation here. My 4 yr old son still sometimes wakes up in the night but I refuse to let him come into our bed. He doesn’t leave his own room, he’ll just cry on his bed. Getting him to sleep on his own in our new house (without letting him stroke my arm for 2 hours) was a struggle so we bought a cctv camera type thing from Argos for £20. I showed him on my phone that I’ll be watching him so I know he’s safe. He won’t sleep with just a night light. We have a reward chart and after a weeks worth of stars for sleeping all night in his own bed he’ll get a high value treat like a trip out somewhere (something better than normal outings). I also remind him ‘when you see it’s wakey time (daylight) outside you can come into our bed’. It’s taken time but mainly works. Good luck x

I found that if I give my son my pillows and blankets that must have my smell on them he seems to stay in his own bed 😒🤣he’s 5

My girl (Feb 2020) is still the same :-) some nights I like the snuggle, some nights I hate it She’s absolutely fine going to sleep in her own bed but about half the time she’ll try and get in our bed , sometimes she sneaks in sometimes it wakes me , it’s then 50/50 if she gets upset when I try and put her in her bed , some nights she doesn’t try at all some nights she can try and be put back 6+ times The other night she snuck in with me before my partner come to bed and when he tried she told him to go sleep on the sofa 😂 he found it funny and did, she likes to have a sleepover in my bed when he goes away to visit family which may not help the situation But she’s always done it , it’s a lot less then what it used to be though