DS still cosleeps. All night. He's not long turned five. Just under a year ago we worked towards, and managed to succeed at, getting him to fall asleep with one of us beside him, and then stay asleep, knowing that we would leave for a couple of hours. So we now have a bit of an evening. He still wakes multiple times most evenings/nights though, even with one of us there.
I've read the Cerebra guide on sleep but I'm not prepared, at this point, to do what is needed to get him sleeping in his own bed, on his own. I think his anxiety is too high from school. He also, I think, still gets a lot from cosleeping. In addition I need a decent night to enable me to remain patient enough with him in the day, and also creative enough to deal with his behaviour tactfully. I don't think I'll get a decent night for a long time if we're in separate rooms.
Does anyone with older autistic children have any stories, positive or negative, about how cosleeping stopped? All the cosleeping stuff I read when he was a baby suggested children naturally grow out of it, and everyone always says that he won't still be cosleeping in his teens. I'm not so sure that's true now though, for my son at least.
DS is happy to sleep in his room, in his bed, but only if me or DH shares it with him.
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