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If you have a 10 year old now

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BabyLlamaZen · 28/06/2020 21:16

How did they sleep as a baby? Did they co-sleep? own room at 6 months? Contact nap? Bit of both?

And how do they sleep now? Would love to know if anything I do makes the blindest bit of difference!

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Coffeeandcrumpet · 28/06/2020 21:20

Mine was bloody awful, he was bf, woke up so many times a night and up at the crack of dawn and would only nap on me. He is now chilled as you like, sleeps well, still an early riser but that's not an issue when they can get up and get their own breakfast and let the dog out.

wlv12 · 28/06/2020 21:22

Mine was a bad sleeper!
Breastfed, co-slept. Terrible at napping.

Confident, happy 10 year old now, sleeps brilliantly and loves a good lie in!

BogRollBOGOF · 28/06/2020 21:22

He liked his milk at night although multiple allergies was a factor in soothing him.

My DCs have always been night owls and still are.

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BakewellGin1 · 28/06/2020 21:24

Slept awful as a baby even once we sorted his colic... Up every single hour at least once from midnight to 7am... He was formula fed... Crib until 6 months then cot... Didn't make a difference if he was cuddled or not, in a sleeping bag or not...
Naps were a mix of cuddled in or put down but he only cat napped.

Started sleeping better at 2.5 by age 5 slept 8 till 6 by age 8 slept 8.30 till 7.30.

Now 11 he sleeps a good 9 or 10 hours if left

Nihiloxica · 28/06/2020 21:24

Was a great sleeper as a baby, still needs a lot of sleep for her age.

lunar1 · 28/06/2020 21:25

Mine are 8&11 now. Mostly co slept till they went in toddler beds ad they were breastfed. Both great sleepers and no accidents. They were dry at night before 3. Neither of them get up for anything in the night.

I realise I've been incredibly lucky!

Gotakeahike · 28/06/2020 21:25

Now 10 yo as a baby took an age to fall asleep, very high contact needs, partial cosleeping, terrible napper (likely due to taking an age to fall asleep).

Now 10 yo goes to their room and goes to sleep. Still takes an age to fall asleep, but is a very deep sleeper once out.

It does end eventually. Seeing that made me much less stressed about much younger DC2.

tiredanddangerous · 28/06/2020 21:26

Was a good sleeper as a baby, but an early riser. She sleeps til about 6.30 most days now, which is a slight improvement but still not great!

Pascha · 28/06/2020 21:28

My eldest is nearly 10. A good sleeper as a baby, started turning up in our bed during the night aged about 3. Still does it now, probably 2 nights in 3 he's there when I wake up in the morning. Has never enjoyed being by himself.

BackAwayFatty · 28/06/2020 21:28

The same for both ages ... went to sleep quickly, slept all night, early riser

Pascha · 28/06/2020 21:29

He usually nods off by about 9.45 and gets up at 6 when DH's alarm goes off.

Scion286 · 28/06/2020 21:33

Awful as a baby, never slept past 5am and woke every couple of hours. Slept through at 2 years.

He’s 11 now and still wakes up at the crack of dawn (6am) but I obviously don’t need to get up with him anymore. He likes to be in bed by 8.30pm and does sometimes struggle to nod off (going through a phase of being scared) so I sit on the landing most nights for 10 mins until he’s asleep.

Pileon · 28/06/2020 21:34

Terrible then. Terrible now. I think I can count the full nights sleep I’ve had in the last 10 years on my fingers.

GetRid · 28/06/2020 21:39

Awful sleeper, first baby, co-sleeping helped but never slept through the night until 13mths. Didn't nap anywhere except pram or car.

Now, is out for the count for 11 hours solid. But goes to bed way too late.

BigusBumus · 28/06/2020 21:40

Was on a strict day and night routine from 12 weeks. Slept though the night at 16 weeks and then for ever more. Formula fed.

Never co slept ever. Has always loved his bed. Is happy, bright, no trouble.

This is the same for all of my 3 boys.

notheragain4 · 28/06/2020 21:42

Good question OP! Why didn't I ever think to ask this?

My DS1 was BF, slept terribly first 6 weeks, tricked me with 6 weeks with 1-2 wakes, then woke two hourly until he was 6 months old. At 6 months we did two nights of controlled crying in his own room (took 10 mins honestly), I stopped BF him in the night (DH would go in) and he woke once a night until 8 months when he slept through ever since. He is a beautiful sleeper, so much so we have issues with bed wetting still as he just doesn't stir.

My 6 year old was a very different baby. Very needy, woke regularly, never attempted controlled crying as I just knew it wouldn't work, he needed to be by someone, liked holding hands. His magic wand was switching to dairy free formula at 8 months, he has been a a mostly good sleeper ever since. He will wake in the night more than DS1 to go to the toilet or if he's scared, he's a lighter sleeper. But never had an issue with bed wetting.

Two very different children with two very different temperaments, treated differently but mostly the same outcome.

notheragain4 · 28/06/2020 21:43

Both napped for 2 hours in pm until 3, childminder helped with DS1 though, we struggled to get him to nap in a cot, she fixed him!

notheragain4 · 28/06/2020 21:44

Sorry should have added I co-slept with both of mine on and off in the difficult periods when still BF up until about 6 months,

PaperMonster · 28/06/2020 21:46

Mine’s 9. She was bf and slept well although the 4 month regression was horrendous. Went in her own room at 6 months. She takes an age to go to sleep but is a good sleeper now and she sleeps in with me.

BrieAndChilli · 28/06/2020 21:50

My youngest is nearly 10.
He was breastfed so didn’t sleep through until 1 and weaned. Until he was about 4/5 he would come into our bed at about 3am!
As he was my 3rd I have to admit we just let him stay in our bed as by then it was whatever gave the most people in the house the most sleep!!!
He sleeps through now but is always the first one awake.

Tiggles · 28/06/2020 22:05

I have an 18 and 13 yr old who were terrible sleepers as babies and still are now.

I have an 11 yr old who was a dream sleeper as a baby, slept through from a couple of weeks. Still loves his bed now.

I did nothing different. Ds3 is just a bed person Grin

nettytree · 28/06/2020 22:12

Always been a good sleeper. Liked her own space and hated sleeping near someone. Complete opposite to son.

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totallyyesno · 28/06/2020 22:13

I have twins.
DS - slept well as a baby, cot in same room for first six months. No real problems, slept through early. Now - a bit of a night owl, can't sleep before 10.30 but sleeps well.

DD - terrible sleeper until she was 2 1/2. Woke up loads, wouldn't settle. We tried co-sleeping, in a cot in our room, in a cot in her room, next to the dishwasher 😆. Now she loves her sleep. Goes to sleep within 2 minutes of lying down. Sleeps well.
I conclude that nothing I actually did made a difference!

SandieCheeks · 28/06/2020 22:16

Breastfed and cuddled to sleep, co-sleeper cot/bed sharing. Own room at 6 months and taught him to self settle at 9 months and night weaned then too. Always a great napper from then but woke in the night until 2.5 years.

Since then he's always been a great sleeper, sleeps through anything and wakes at 6.30am regardless of bedtime.

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